diff --git a/packages/core/parcel/src/assets/HTMLAsset.js b/packages/core/parcel/src/assets/HTMLAsset.js
index 89a2b5dff50..173c2d7f4bc 100644
--- a/packages/core/parcel/src/assets/HTMLAsset.js
+++ b/packages/core/parcel/src/assets/HTMLAsset.js
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ const META = {
const SCRIPT_TYPES = {
'application/javascript': 'js',
'text/javascript': 'js',
- 'application/json': false
+ 'application/json': false,
+ 'text/html': false
};
// Options to be passed to `addURLDependency` for certain tags + attributes