diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 28fab36..9aebef5 100755
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class Parsedown
                 'element' => $Line['body'],
             );
 
-            if ($matches[2] or $matches[1] === 'hr' or preg_match('/<\/'.$matches[1].'>[ ]*$/', $Line['text']))
+            if ($matches[2] or in_array($matches[1], $this->voidElements) or preg_match('/<\/'.$matches[1].'>[ ]*$/', $Line['text']))
             {
                 $Block['closed'] = true;
             }
@@ -1412,6 +1412,10 @@ class Parsedown
         '_' => '/^_((?:[^_]|__[^_]*__)+?)_(?!_)\b/us',
     );
 
+    protected $voidElements = array(
+        'area', 'base', 'br', 'col', 'command', 'embed', 'hr', 'img', 'input', 'link', 'meta', 'param', 'source',
+    );
+
     protected $textLevelElements = array(
         'a', 'br', 'bdo', 'abbr', 'blink', 'nextid', 'acronym', 'basefont',
         'b', 'em', 'big', 'cite', 'small', 'spacer', 'listing',