diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 69877636e824d367e6223b0b121abdb0d65e1bce..224922d4944001156e915fe5baeb94af34170fc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Nodewords 6.x-1.x-dev, xxxx-xx-xx
   hardcoded path rather than use of base_path().
 #1751318 by DamienMcKenna: Updated the Dublin Core meta tags to use the
   "dcterms" prefix, to match Metatag.
+#971428 by DamienMcKenna: Filter the node summary using check_markup() prior to
+  other processing.
 
 
 Nodewords 6.x-1.14-beta2, 2012-08-21
diff --git a/nodewords.module b/nodewords.module
index 8bf87352be4b744548eb62f92e9d7d4a5aba7505..4cf678b8d35e74d3e3faeb6bb0e2cfd9ff0a6a55 100644
--- a/nodewords.module
+++ b/nodewords.module
@@ -1054,6 +1054,9 @@ function nodewords_metatag_from_node_content($node, $content, $options = array()
 
     // Continue as normal.
     else {
+      // Run all of the normal text filters on the summary text.
+      $result = check_markup($result, $node->format, FALSE);
+
       // Ensure there's a setting for controlling the maximum summary length.
       if (!isset($options['size'])) {
         $options['size'] = variable_get('nodewords_max_size', 350);