diff --git a/lib/loofah/html5/whitelist.rb b/lib/loofah/html5/whitelist.rb
index ac322ecd..105e66e9 100644
--- a/lib/loofah/html5/whitelist.rb
+++ b/lib/loofah/html5/whitelist.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module HTML5 # :nodoc:
     module WhiteList
       ACCEPTABLE_ELEMENTS = Set.new %w[a abbr acronym address area audio b big blockquote br
       button caption center cite code col colgroup dd del dfn dir div dl dt
-      em fieldset font form h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 hr i img input ins kbd label
+      em fieldset figure font form h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 hr i img input ins kbd label
       legend li map menu ol optgroup option p pre q s samp select small span
       strike strong sub sup table tbody td textarea tfoot th thead tr tt u
       ul var video]