diff --git a/element/index.js b/element/index.js
index 297bbcb6c6c18a..5f296bac93a6c6 100644
--- a/element/index.js
+++ b/element/index.js
@@ -101,14 +101,7 @@ export { createPortal };
  *
  * @return {string} HTML.
  */
-export function renderToString( element ) {
-	let rendered = serialize( element );
-
-	// Drop raw HTML wrappers (support dangerous inner HTML without wrapper)
-	rendered = rendered.replace( /<\/?wp-raw-html>/g, '' );
-
-	return rendered;
-}
+export { serialize as renderToString };
 
 /**
  * Concatenate two or more React children objects.
diff --git a/element/serialize.js b/element/serialize.js
index 9b9c67552ffa81..b8d0f3d0604aaa 100644
--- a/element/serialize.js
+++ b/element/serialize.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { castArray, omit, kebabCase } from 'lodash';
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { Fragment } from './';
+import { Fragment, RawHTML } from './';
 
 /**
  * Valid attribute types.
@@ -348,28 +348,34 @@ export function renderElement( element, context = {} ) {
 		return renderChildren( element, context );
 	}
 
-	if ( typeof element === 'string' ) {
-		return escapeHTML( element );
-	}
+	switch ( typeof element ) {
+		case 'string':
+			return escapeHTML( element );
 
-	if ( typeof element === 'number' ) {
-		return element.toString();
+		case 'number':
+			return element.toString();
 	}
 
 	const { type: tagName, props } = element;
 
-	if ( tagName === Fragment ) {
-		return renderChildren( props.children, context );
+	switch ( tagName ) {
+		case Fragment:
+			return renderChildren( props.children, context );
+
+		case RawHTML:
+			return props.children;
 	}
 
-	if ( typeof tagName === 'string' ) {
-		return renderNativeComponent( tagName, props, context );
-	} else if ( typeof tagName === 'function' ) {
-		if ( tagName.prototype && typeof tagName.prototype.render === 'function' ) {
-			return renderComponent( tagName, props, context );
-		}
+	switch ( typeof tagName ) {
+		case 'string':
+			return renderNativeComponent( tagName, props, context );
+
+		case 'function':
+			if ( tagName.prototype && typeof tagName.prototype.render === 'function' ) {
+				return renderComponent( tagName, props, context );
+			}
 
-		return renderElement( tagName( props, context ), context );
+			return renderElement( tagName( props, context ), context );
 	}
 
 	return '';
diff --git a/element/test/serialize.js b/element/test/serialize.js
index d95b38692309d3..73c50056c601c5 100644
--- a/element/test/serialize.js
+++ b/element/test/serialize.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { noop } from 'lodash';
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { Component, Fragment } from '../';
+import { Component, Fragment, RawHTML } from '../';
 import serialize, {
 	hasPrefix,
 	renderElement,
@@ -193,11 +193,17 @@ describe( 'renderElement()', () => {
 		expect( result ).toBe( '' );
 	} );
 
-	it( 'renders fragment as its inner children', () => {
+	it( 'renders Fragment as its inner children', () => {
 		const result = renderElement( <Fragment>Hello</Fragment> );
 
 		expect( result ).toBe( 'Hello' );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'renders RawHTML as its unescaped children', () => {
+		const result = renderElement( <RawHTML>{ '<img/>' }</RawHTML> );
+
+		expect( result ).toBe( '<img/>' );
+	} );
 } );
 
 describe( 'renderNativeComponent()', () => {