diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 07d31c3..bc4fb07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - offpunk: removed "blackbox", which has not been used nor maintained
 - offpunk: "gus" was broken, it is functionnal again
 - opnk/offpunk: more informative prompt in less
+- ansicat: added support for HTML description elements <dt> and <dd> (by Bert Livens)
 
 ## 2.1 - December 15th 2023
 - freshly updated gemtext/rss links are highlighted ("new_link" theme option)
diff --git a/ansicat.py b/ansicat.py
index 8b92527..e4ef7ed 100755
--- a/ansicat.py
+++ b/ansicat.py
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ class HtmlRenderer(AbstractRenderer):
                 toreturn = " " + toreturn
             return toreturn
         def recursive_render(element,indent="",preformatted=False):
-            if element.name == "blockquote":
+            if element.name in ["blockquote", "dd"]:
                 r.newparagraph()
                 r.startindent("   ",reverse="     ")
                 for child in element.children:
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ class HtmlRenderer(AbstractRenderer):
                     recursive_render(child,indent="\t")
                     r.close_theme("blockquote")
                 r.endindent()
-            elif element.name in ["div","p"]:
+            elif element.name in ["div","p","dt"]:
                 r.newparagraph()
                 for child in element.children:
                     recursive_render(child,indent=indent)