diff --git a/scripts/mdl-style.rb b/scripts/mdl-style.rb
index 3f392568c..611873091 100644
--- a/scripts/mdl-style.rb
+++ b/scripts/mdl-style.rb
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ all
 
 rule 'MD013', :code_blocks => false, :tables => false
 
+exclude_rule 'MD033' # In-line HTML: GitHub style markdown adds HTML tags
 exclude_rule 'MD040' # Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
 exclude_rule 'MD041' # First line in file should be a top level header