diff --git a/src/templates/src/atom.xml b/src/templates/src/atom.xml
index 3f17f0eb..1800ebd5 100644
--- a/src/templates/src/atom.xml
+++ b/src/templates/src/atom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
 				<content type="xhtml">
 					<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 						<div>
+							{{ noescape "<![CDATA[" }}
 							{{ cleancontrolchars .Description }}
+							]]>
 						</div>
 						{{ range .EmbedMedia }}
 							<div>