diff --git a/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex b/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex
index d16ea9f..89c1c62 100644
--- a/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex
+++ b/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ defmodule AutoLinker.Parser do
   defp do_parse({"<" <> text, user_acc}, opts, {"", acc, :parsing}, handler),
     do: do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {"<", acc, {:open, 1}}, handler)
 
+  defp do_parse({"<" <> text, user_acc}, opts, {"", acc, {:html, level}}, handler) do
+    do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {"<", acc, {:open, level + 1}}, handler)
+  end
+
   defp do_parse({">" <> text, user_acc}, opts, {buffer, acc, {:attrs, level}}, handler),
     do:
       do_parse(
diff --git a/test/parser_test.exs b/test/parser_test.exs
index 2bcf788..a5f0c29 100644
--- a/test/parser_test.exs
+++ b/test/parser_test.exs
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ defmodule AutoLinker.ParserTest do
       assert parse(text, class: false, rel: false, new_window: false) == expected
     end
 
+    test "links url inside nested html" do
+      text = "<p><strong>google.com</strong></p>"
+      expected = "<p><strong><a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a></strong></p>"
+      assert parse(text, class: false, rel: false, new_window: false) == expected
+    end
+
     test "excludes html with specified class" do
       text = "```Check out <div class='section'>google.com</div>```"
       assert parse(text, exclude_patterns: ["```"]) == text