diff --git a/sanitize_html/CHANGELOG.md b/sanitize_html/CHANGELOG.md
index fe76922e..f16e3288 100644
--- a/sanitize_html/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sanitize_html/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## v2.3.0
+ * Support `allowElements` to allow custom tag names. 
+
 ## v2.2.0
  * Allow the `<picture>` and `<source>` elements, with `srcset` on `<source>`,
    matching the [`html-pipeline` allowlist](https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-pipeline/blob/main/lib/html_pipeline/sanitization_filter.rb)
diff --git a/sanitize_html/lib/sanitize_html.dart b/sanitize_html/lib/sanitize_html.dart
index 3d6adc4b..d191b687 100644
--- a/sanitize_html/lib/sanitize_html.dart
+++ b/sanitize_html/lib/sanitize_html.dart
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import 'src/sane_html_validator.dart' show SaneHtmlValidator;
 /// guard against XSS as this sanitizer also attempts to prevent the sanitized
 /// HTML from interfering with the page it is injected into.
 ///
+/// The optional [allowElements] callback will be called with uppercase tag names.
+///
 /// For example, while it is possible to allow many CSS properties, this
 /// sanitizer does not allow any CSS. This creates a sanitizer that is easy to
 /// validate and is usually fine when sanitizing HTML from rendered markdown.
@@ -71,11 +73,13 @@ import 'src/sane_html_validator.dart' show SaneHtmlValidator;
 /// [3]: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/81749
 String sanitizeHtml(
   String htmlString, {
+  bool Function(String)? allowElements,
   bool Function(String)? allowElementId,
   bool Function(String)? allowClassName,
   Iterable<String>? Function(String)? addLinkRel,
 }) {
   return SaneHtmlValidator(
+    allowElements: allowElements,
     allowElementId: allowElementId,
     allowClassName: allowClassName,
     addLinkRel: addLinkRel,
diff --git a/sanitize_html/lib/src/sane_html_validator.dart b/sanitize_html/lib/src/sane_html_validator.dart
index f0719632..6649eec9 100644
--- a/sanitize_html/lib/src/sane_html_validator.dart
+++ b/sanitize_html/lib/src/sane_html_validator.dart
@@ -237,11 +237,13 @@ final _elementAttributeValidators =
 ///
 /// [1]: https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-pipeline/blob/main/lib/html_pipeline/sanitization_filter.rb
 class SaneHtmlValidator {
+  final bool Function(String)? allowElements;
   final bool Function(String)? allowElementId;
   final bool Function(String)? allowClassName;
   final Iterable<String>? Function(String)? addLinkRel;
 
   SaneHtmlValidator({
+    required this.allowElements,
     required this.allowElementId,
     required this.allowClassName,
     required this.addLinkRel,
@@ -256,7 +258,8 @@ class SaneHtmlValidator {
   void _sanitize(Node node) {
     if (node is Element) {
       final tagName = node.localName!.toUpperCase();
-      if (!_allowedElements.contains(tagName)) {
+      if (!_allowedElements.contains(tagName) &&
+          !(allowElements?.call(tagName) ?? false)) {
         node.remove();
         return;
       }
diff --git a/sanitize_html/pubspec.yaml b/sanitize_html/pubspec.yaml
index abf77efd..f6d20958 100644
--- a/sanitize_html/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/sanitize_html/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: sanitize_html
-version: 2.2.0
+version: 2.3.0
 description: >-
   Function for sanitizing HTML to prevent XSS by restrict elements and
   attributes to a safe subset of allowed values.
diff --git a/sanitize_html/test/sanitize_html_test.dart b/sanitize_html/test/sanitize_html_test.dart
index c29e3f23..bf7cfddc 100644
--- a/sanitize_html/test/sanitize_html_test.dart
+++ b/sanitize_html/test/sanitize_html_test.dart
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ void main() {
 
     return sanitizeHtml(
       template,
+      allowElements: (tagName) => tagName == 'ONLY-ALLOWED-TAG',
       allowElementId: (id) => id == 'only-allowed-id',
       allowClassName: (className) => className == 'only-allowed-class',
       addLinkRel: (href) => href == 'bad-link' ? ['ugc', 'nofollow'] : null,
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ void main() {
   testContains('<p>hello', '</p>');
   testContains('<p>hello', '<p>');
 
+  // test tag name filtering
+  testContains(
+      '<only-allowed-tag>hello</only-allowed-tag>', '<only-allowed-tag>');
+  testContains('<only-allowed-tag>hello</only-allowed-tag>', 'hello');
+  testNotContains('<disallowed-tag>hello</disallowed-tag>', 'disallowed-tag');
+  testNotContains('<disallowed-tag>hello</disallowed-tag>', 'hello');
+
   // test id filtering..
   testContains('<span id="only-allowed-id">hello</span>', 'id');
   testContains('<span id="only-allowed-id">hello</span>', 'only-allowed-id');
@@ -185,6 +193,8 @@ void main() {
         withOptionalConfiguration: false);
     testNotContains('<a href="any-href">hey', 'rel=',
         withOptionalConfiguration: false);
+    testNotContains('<any-tag>hello</any-tag>', 'hello',
+        withOptionalConfiguration: false);
     testNotContains('<span id="any-id">hello</span>', 'id=',
         withOptionalConfiguration: false);
     testNotContains('<span class="any-class">hello</span>', 'class=',