diff --git a/src/js/editor/editor.js b/src/js/editor/editor.js
index cb5401f50..496e4dde8 100644
--- a/src/js/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/js/editor/editor.js
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class Editor {
       return mobiledocParsers.parse(this.builder, this.mobiledoc);
     } else if (this.html) {
       if (typeof this.html === 'string') {
-        return new HTMLParser(this.builder).parse(this.html);
+        let options = {plugins: this._parserPlugins};
+        return new HTMLParser(this.builder, options).parse(this.html);
       } else {
         let dom = this.html;
         return this._parser.parse(dom);
diff --git a/tests/unit/editor/editor-test.js b/tests/unit/editor/editor-test.js
index c0c530544..4633b0f9e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/editor/editor-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/editor/editor-test.js
@@ -299,3 +299,15 @@ test('#destroy does not clear selection if it is outside the editor element', (a
 
   assert.equal(window.getSelection().rangeCount, 1, 'selection is not cleared');
 });
+
+test('editor parses HTML post using parser plugins', (assert) => {
+  let seenTagNames = [];
+  let parserPlugin = function(element) {
+    seenTagNames.push(element.tagName);
+  };
+  let html = '<p><textarea></textarea><img></p>';
+  let editor = new Editor({html, parserPlugins: [parserPlugin]});
+  assert.ok(!!editor.post, 'editor loads post');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(seenTagNames, ['TEXTAREA', 'IMG']);
+});