diff --git a/lib/HtmlDiff.js b/lib/HtmlDiff.js
index cb2ed74..7efa8af 100644
--- a/lib/HtmlDiff.js
+++ b/lib/HtmlDiff.js
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ var diff = require('diff'),
  * @param {String[]} [options.ignoreAttributes]
  * @param {String[]} [options.compareAttributesAsJSON]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreWhitespaces=true]
- * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreComments]
+ * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreComments=true]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreEndTags=false]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreDuplicateAttributes=false]
+ * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreSelfClosingSlash=false]
  */
 var HtmlDiff = function (options) {
     this.options = defaults(options);
diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults.js
index 3324635..fcaf507 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var presets = {
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreComments=true]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreEndTags=false]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreDuplicateAttributes=false]
+ * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreSelfClosingSlash=false]
  * returns {Object}
  */
  module.exports = function (options) {
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ var presets = {
         ignoreComments: true,
 
         ignoreEndTags: false,
-        ignoreDuplicateAttributes: false
+        ignoreDuplicateAttributes: false,
+        ignoreSelfClosingSlash: false
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index e5f5d63..fd26e1a 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ HtmlDiff.prototype.tokenize = function (html) {
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreComments=true]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreEndTags=false]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreDuplicateAttributes=false]
+ * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreSelfClosingSlash=false]
  */
 var HtmlDiffer = function (options) {
     options = defaults(options);
diff --git a/lib/utils/modify.js b/lib/utils/modify.js
index 6789b34..28235d0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/modify.js
+++ b/lib/utils/modify.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var SimpleApiParser = require('parse5').SimpleApiParser,
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreComments=true]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreEndTags=false]
  * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreDuplicateAttributes=false]
+ * @param {Boolean}  [options.ignoreSelfClosingSlash=false]
  * returns {String}
  */
 function modify(value, options) {
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ function modify(value, options) {
             if (options.ignoreDuplicateAttributes) {
                 attrs = utils.removeDuplicateAttributes(attrs);
             }
+            if (options.ignoreSelfClosingSlash) {
+                selfClosing = false;
+            }
 
             attrs = utils.sortAttrs(attrs) &&
                         utils.sortCssClasses(attrs) &&
diff --git a/test/differ/fixtures/first/strip-self-closing-slash.html b/test/differ/fixtures/first/strip-self-closing-slash.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09d5649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/differ/fixtures/first/strip-self-closing-slash.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<hr />
diff --git a/test/differ/fixtures/second/strip-self-closing-slash.html b/test/differ/fixtures/second/strip-self-closing-slash.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e123ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/differ/fixtures/second/strip-self-closing-slash.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<hr>
diff --git a/test/differ/isEqual.js b/test/differ/isEqual.js
index d495cf5..fdb55d5 100644
--- a/test/differ/isEqual.js
+++ b/test/differ/isEqual.js
@@ -156,4 +156,11 @@ describe('\'isEqual\'', function () {
 
         htmlDiffer.isEqual(files.html1, files.html2).must.be.false();
     });
+
+    it('must ignore self closing slash', function () {
+        var htmlDiffer = new HtmlDiffer({ ignoreSelfClosingSlash: true }),
+            files = readFiles('strip-self-closing-slash');
+
+        htmlDiffer.isEqual(files.html1, files.html2).must.be.true();
+    });
 });