diff --git a/xslt/divelogs-export.xslt b/xslt/divelogs-export.xslt
index 4e9d92d2b..9a69546b0 100644
--- a/xslt/divelogs-export.xslt
+++ b/xslt/divelogs-export.xslt
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:import href="commonTemplates.xsl"/>
   <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
-  <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
+  <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"
+    cdata-section-elements="LOCATION SITE WEATHER WATERVIZIBILITY PARTNER BOATNAME CYLINDERDESCRIPTION LOGNOTES"
+    />
 
   <xsl:template match="/divelog/dives">
       <xsl:apply-templates select="dive"/>