diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 856bdc26f..44b3f51a3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	. "github.com/candid82/joker/core"
 	_ "github.com/candid82/joker/std/base64"
+	_ "github.com/candid82/joker/std/html"
 	_ "github.com/candid82/joker/std/http"
 	_ "github.com/candid82/joker/std/json"
 	_ "github.com/candid82/joker/std/math"
diff --git a/std/generate-std.joke b/std/generate-std.joke
index ca3d49012..177bf6b64 100644
--- a/std/generate-std.joke
+++ b/std/generate-std.joke
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(def namespaces ['string 'json 'base64 'os 'time 'yaml 'http 'math])
+(def namespaces ['string 'json 'base64 'os 'time 'yaml 'http 'math 'html])
 
 (apply require namespaces)
 
diff --git a/std/html.joke b/std/html.joke
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a646a723e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std/html.joke
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(ns
+  ^{:go-imports ["html"]
+    :doc "Provides functions for escaping and unescaping HTML text."}
+  html)
+
+(defn ^String escape
+  "Escapes special characters like < to become &lt;. It escapes only five such characters: <, >, &, ' and \"."
+  {:added "1.0"
+  :go "html.EscapeString(s)"}
+  [^String s])
+
+(defn ^String unescape
+  "Unescapes entities like &lt; to become <."
+  {:added "1.0"
+  :go "html.UnescapeString(s)"}
+  [^String s])
diff --git a/std/html/a_html.go b/std/html/a_html.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..683ed5338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std/html/a_html.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// This file is generated by generate-std.joke script. Do not edit manually!
+
+package html
+
+import (
+  "html"
+  . "github.com/candid82/joker/core"
+)
+
+var htmlNamespace = GLOBAL_ENV.EnsureNamespace(MakeSymbol("joker.html"))
+
+var escape_ Proc = func(args []Object) Object {
+  c := len(args)
+  switch  {
+  case c == 1:
+    
+    s := ExtractString(args, 0)
+    res := html.EscapeString(s)
+    return MakeString(res)
+
+  default:
+    PanicArity(c)
+  }
+  return NIL
+}
+
+var unescape_ Proc = func(args []Object) Object {
+  c := len(args)
+  switch  {
+  case c == 1:
+    
+    s := ExtractString(args, 0)
+    res := html.UnescapeString(s)
+    return MakeString(res)
+
+  default:
+    PanicArity(c)
+  }
+  return NIL
+}
+
+
+func init() {
+
+htmlNamespace.ResetMeta(MakeMeta(nil, "Provides functions for escaping and unescaping HTML text.", "1.0"))
+
+htmlNamespace.InternVar("escape", escape_,
+  MakeMeta(
+    NewListFrom(NewVectorFrom(MakeSymbol("s"))),
+    `Escapes special characters like < to become &lt;. It escapes only five such characters: <, >, &, ' and ".`, "1.0"))
+
+htmlNamespace.InternVar("unescape", unescape_,
+  MakeMeta(
+    NewListFrom(NewVectorFrom(MakeSymbol("s"))),
+    `Unescapes entities like &lt; to become <.`, "1.0"))
+
+}