diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13db0e35f..1e5cd1b9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# v1.7.0-beta.6
+## mm/dd/2019
+
+1. [](#bugfix)
+    * Fixed `$page->summary()` always striping HTML tags if the summary was set by `$page->setSummary()`
+
 # v1.7.0-beta.5
 ## 08/11/2019
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index d36f7866a..bc3bccb31 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -610,8 +610,7 @@ class Page implements PageInterface
             $content = $textOnly ? strip_tags($this->content()) : $this->content();
             $summary_size = $this->summary_size;
         } else {
-            $content = strip_tags($this->summary);
-            // Use mb_strwidth to deal with the 2 character widths characters
+            $content = $textOnly ? strip_tags($this->summary) : $this->summary;
             $summary_size = mb_strwidth($content, 'utf-8');
         }