diff --git a/src/InlineLexer.js b/src/InlineLexer.js
index d0c9d4129b..86f62b01fa 100644
--- a/src/InlineLexer.js
+++ b/src/InlineLexer.js
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ module.exports = class InlineLexer {
         }
 
         src = src.substring(cap[0].length);
-        out += this.options.sanitize
-          ? this.options.sanitizer
+        out += this.renderer.html(this.options.sanitize
+          ? (this.options.sanitizer
             ? this.options.sanitizer(cap[0])
-            : escape(cap[0])
-          : cap[0];
+            : escape(cap[0]))
+          : cap[0]);
         continue;
       }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/marked-spec.js b/test/unit/marked-spec.js
index 7e84949492..b0c730c68c 100644
--- a/test/unit/marked-spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/marked-spec.js
@@ -80,3 +80,14 @@ describe('changeDefaults', () => {
     expect(require('../../src/defaults').defaults.test).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe('inlineLexer', () => {
+  it('should send html to renderer.html', () => {
+    const renderer = new marked.Renderer();
+    spyOn(renderer, 'html').and.callThrough();
+    const md = 'HTML Image: <img alt="MY IMAGE" src="example.png" />';
+    marked(md, { renderer });
+
+    expect(renderer.html).toHaveBeenCalledWith('<img alt="MY IMAGE" src="example.png" />');
+  });
+});