diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
index 8b94fd83ec..e29ebd4554 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ def css_import_handler(self, base, href):
         return (None, raw)
 
 	def preprocess_html(self, options, html):
+        self.options = options
         preprocessor = PreProcessor(self.options, log=getattr(self, 'log', None))
         return preprocessor(html)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/input.py
index cdc8fa75c2..70529c0a04 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/input.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ def convert(self, stream, options, file_ext, log,
         return os.path.abspath('content.opf')
 
     def preprocess_html(self, options, html):
+        self.options = options
         preprocessor = PreProcessor(self.options, log=getattr(self, 'log', None))
         return preprocessor(html)