diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_convert/tests/test_convert.py b/odoo/addons/test_convert/tests/test_convert.py
index 5a2a34af2a9..549b19acd69 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_convert/tests/test_convert.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_convert/tests/test_convert.py
@@ -265,6 +265,24 @@ class TestEvalXML(common.TransactionCase):
     def test_xml(self):
         pass
 
-    @unittest.skip("not tested")
     def test_html(self):
-        pass
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.eval_xml(Field(ET.fromstring(
+            """<parent>
+                <t t-if="True">
+                    <t t-out="'text'"/>
+                </t>
+                <t t-else="">
+                    <t t-out="'text2'"></t>
+                </t>
+            </parent>"""), type="html")),
+            """<parent>
+                <t t-if="True">
+                    <t t-out="'text'"></t>
+                </t>
+                <t t-else="">
+                    <t t-out="'text2'"></t>
+                </t>
+            </parent>""",
+            "Evaluating an HTML field should give empty nodes instead of self-closing tags"
+        )
diff --git a/odoo/tools/convert.py b/odoo/tools/convert.py
index 36b70b54b4a..0065cb3d612 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/convert.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/convert.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def _eval_xml(self, node, env):
             return '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n'\
                 +_process("".join(etree.tostring(n, encoding='unicode') for n in node))
         if t == 'html':
-            return _process("".join(etree.tostring(n, encoding='unicode') for n in node))
+            return _process("".join(etree.tostring(n, method='html', encoding='unicode') for n in node))
 
         data = node.text
         if node.get('file'):