diff --git a/ebook/__init__.py b/ebook/__init__.py
index 9bc260a..8a99801 100644
--- a/ebook/__init__.py
+++ b/ebook/__init__.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ def chapter_html(
     image_options,
     titleprefix=None,
     normalize=False,
-    session=None
+    session=None,
+    parser='lxml'
 ):
     already_fetched_images = {}
     chapters = []
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ def chapter_html(
     return chapters
 
 
-def generate_epub(story, cover_options={}, image_options={}, output_filename=None, output_dir=None, normalize=False, allow_spaces=False, session=None):
+def generate_epub(story, cover_options={}, image_options={}, output_filename=None, output_dir=None, normalize=False, allow_spaces=False, session=None, parser='lxml'):
     dates = list(story.dates())
     metadata = {
         'title': story.title,
@@ -230,7 +231,8 @@ def generate_epub(story, cover_options={}, image_options={}, output_filename=Non
                 story,
                 image_options=image_options,
                 normalize=normalize,
-                session=session
+                session=session,
+                parser=parser
             ),
             EpubFile(
                 path='Styles/base.css',
diff --git a/leech.py b/leech.py
index 35c7e1d..6c2c820 100755
--- a/leech.py
+++ b/leech.py
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ def download(urls, site_options, cache, verbose, normalize, output_dir, **other_
                 normalize=normalize,
                 output_dir=output_dir or options.get('output_dir', os.getcwd()),
                 allow_spaces=options.get('allow_spaces', False),
-                session=session
+                session=session,
+                parser=options.get('parser', 'lxml')
             )
             logger.info("File created: " + filename)
         else:
diff --git a/sites/__init__.py b/sites/__init__.py
index 9179730..394bad5 100644
--- a/sites/__init__.py
+++ b/sites/__init__.py
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ class Site:
                     "callback": lambda ctx, param, value: ctx.params.update({"spoilers": value and "skip" or "include"}),
                 },
             ),
+            SiteSpecificOption(
+                'parser',
+                '--parser',
+                help="Which HTML parser to use",
+                choices=('lxml', 'html5lib', 'html.parser', 'lxml-xml'),
+                default='lxml',
+            ),
         ]
 
     @classmethod
@@ -176,7 +183,9 @@ class Site:
     def login(self, login_details):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def _soup(self, url, method='lxml', delay=0, retry=3, retry_delay=10, **kw):
+    def _soup(self, url, method=False, delay=0, retry=3, retry_delay=10, **kw):
+        if not method:
+            method = self.options.get('parser', 'lxml')
         if url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://'):
             page = self.session.get(url, **kw)
             if not page: