diff --git a/includes/theme.inc b/includes/theme.inc
index f63e6839215bbc8fd8f0f80af500f1e0bb75c870..f5c511ffb9e84991ef9a82bb4edeb00866a99ec3 100644
--- a/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.inc
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ function bootstrap_bootstrap_modal($variables) {
 
   $output = '<div'. drupal_attributes($variables['attributes']) .'>';
   $output .= '<div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>';
-  $output .= '<h3>'. check_plain($variables['heading']) .'</h3>';
+  $output .= '<h3>'. $variables['html_heading']? $variables['heading'] : check_plain($variables['heading']) .'</h3>';
   $output .= '</div>';
   $output .= '<div class="modal-body">'. render($variables['body']) .'</div>';
   $output .= '<div class="modal-footer">'. render($variables['footer']) .'</div>';
diff --git a/template.php b/template.php
index 4998bd9134393d4cde25d75543688c8b3629ee2b..27d7dbf2437d6bc86343db916553cde75c4ebb6c 100755
--- a/template.php
+++ b/template.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function bootstrap_theme(&$existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
         'body' => '',
         'footer' => '',
         'attributes' => array(),
+        'html_heading' => FALSE,
       ),
     ),
     'bootstrap_accordion' => array(