diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9c8005..04a031f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ Each node is processed in the following sequence:
 | [opts.allow_attributes_by_tag] | [<code>TagAttributeNameSpec</code>](#TagAttributeNameSpec) | <code>{}</code> | Matching attribute names of a matching node are kept. Other attributes are removed. |
 | [opts.allow_classes_by_tag] | [<code>TagClassNameSpec</code>](#TagClassNameSpec) | <code>{}</code> | Matching class names of a matching node are kept. Other class names are removed. If no class names are remaining, the class attribute is removed. |
 | [opts.remove_empty] | <code>boolean</code> | <code>false</code> | Remove nodes which are completely empty or contain only white space. |
+| [opts.join_siblings] | [<code>Array.&lt;Tagname&gt;</code>](#Tagname) | <code>[]</code> | Join same-tag sibling nodes of given tag names, unless of course they are separated by non-whitespace textNodes. |
 
 <a name="DomDocument"></a>
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e54ddf..1459856 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sanitize-dom",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/src/sanitize-dom.js b/src/sanitize-dom.js
index a4cd6cf..01e224e 100644
--- a/src/sanitize-dom.js
+++ b/src/sanitize-dom.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI
  * @param {TagAttributeNameSpec} [opts.allow_attributes_by_tag={}] - Matching attribute names of a matching node are kept. Other attributes are removed.
  * @param {TagClassNameSpec} [opts.allow_classes_by_tag={}] - Matching class names of a matching node are kept. Other class names are removed. If no class names are remaining, the class attribute is removed.
  * @param {boolean} [opts.remove_empty=false] Remove nodes which are completely empty or contain only white space.
+ * @param {Tagname[]} [opts.join_siblings=[]] Join same-tag sibling nodes of given tag names, unless of course they are separated by non-whitespace textNodes.
  * 
 */
 function sanitizeDom(
@@ -190,6 +191,10 @@ function sanitizeDom(
   if (!opts.allow_attributes_by_tag) opts.allow_attributes_by_tag = {};
   if (!opts.allow_classes_by_tag) opts.allow_classes_by_tag = {};
   
+  if (!opts.join_siblings) opts.join_siblings = [];
+  
+  
+
 
   
   var parents = [];
@@ -366,6 +371,48 @@ function sanitizeDom(
     nd.remove();
   }
   
+  function joinSiblings(parent, tags) {
+    let children = childrenOf(parent);
+    
+    for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+      let nd = children[i];
+      let nd1 = children[i+1];
+      let nd2 = children[i+2];
+      
+      if (
+        nd1 &&
+        nd.nodeName == nd1.nodeName &&
+        tags.includes(nd.nodeName) &&
+        tags.includes(nd1.nodeName)
+      ) {
+        for (let c of childrenOf(nd1)) {
+          nd.appendChild(c);
+        }
+        nd1.remove();
+        joinSiblings(parent, tags); // restart from beginning until nothing joinable
+        return;
+      }
+      
+      
+      if (
+        nd1 &&
+        nd2 &&
+        nd.nodeName == nd2.nodeName &&
+        nd1.nodeType == 3 &&
+        nd1.textContent.match(/^\s+$/) &&
+        tags.includes(nd2.nodeName)
+      ) {
+        nd.appendChild(nd1);
+        for (let c of childrenOf(nd2)) {
+          nd.appendChild(c);
+        }
+        nd2.remove();
+        joinSiblings(parent, tags); // restart from beginning until nothing joinable
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
   function sanitizeNode(nd) {
     if (nd.sanitize_skip) {
       delete nd.sanitize_skip;
@@ -449,6 +496,10 @@ function sanitizeDom(
         nd.remove();
       }
     }
+    
+    if (opts.join_siblings.length > 0) {
+      joinSiblings(parent, opts.join_siblings);
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index c0c4281..649c5d6 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -41,6 +41,46 @@ describe('initialization', function() {
   
 });
 
+describe('join_siblings', function() {
+  
+  it('should join same-tag siblings of specified tags', function() {
+    assert.equal(
+      sanitizeHtml('<b>abc</b> <b>def</b> <i>jkl</i>', {
+        join_siblings: ['B', 'I'],
+        allow_tags_direct: {
+          '.*': '.*',
+        }
+      }),
+      '<b>abc def</b> <i>jkl</i>'
+    );
+  });
+  
+  it('should join same-tag siblings of specified tags and leave children intact', function() {
+    assert.equal(
+      sanitizeHtml('<b>abc</b> <b>def <i>ghi</i></b><b>jkl</b>', {
+        join_siblings: ['B', 'I'],
+        allow_tags_direct: {
+          '.*': '.*',
+        }
+      }),
+      '<b>abc def <i>ghi</i>jkl</b>'
+    );
+  });
+  
+  
+  it('should not join same-tag siblings when separated by non-whitespace text', function() {
+    assert.equal(
+      sanitizeHtml('<b>abc</b> x <b>def</b> <b>ghi <i>jkl</i></b><b>mno</b>', {
+        join_siblings: ['B', 'I'],
+        allow_tags_direct: {
+          '.*': '.*',
+        }
+      }),
+      '<b>abc</b> x <b>def ghi <i>jkl</i>mno</b>'
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe('allow_tags', function() {
   
   it('should flatten all markup by default', function() {