diff --git a/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl b/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl
index 2b0d0e87..9e8c1aa9 100644
--- a/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl
+++ b/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@
           <xsl:with-param name="align" select="@custom:align"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
       </xsl:if>
-      <xsl:if test="./* | ./text()">
-        <xsl:element name="ezcontent" namespace="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
-          <xsl:apply-templates/>
-        </xsl:element>
-      </xsl:if>
+      <xsl:element name="ezcontent" namespace="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+      </xsl:element>
       <xsl:if test="@*[namespace-uri() = 'http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/custom/' and not( local-name() = 'class' ) and not( local-name() = 'align' )]">
         <xsl:element name="ezconfig" namespace="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
           <xsl:for-each select="@*[namespace-uri() = 'http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/custom/' and not( local-name() = 'class' ) and not( local-name() = 'align' )]">
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/024-template.xml b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/024-template.xml
index 03003f64..ae61bb0d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/024-template.xml
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/024-template.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     </ezconfig>
   </eztemplate>
   <eztemplate name="externalimage" ezxhtml:class="templateClass2" ezxhtml:align="right">
+    <ezcontent/>
     <ezconfig>
       <ezvalue key="src">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/R-S_mk2.gif</ezvalue>
       <ezvalue key="height">365</ezvalue>
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@
   <eztemplate name="factoidbox" ezxhtml:class="templateClass3" ezxhtml:align="center">
     <ezcontent>It is widely known that the bistable multivibrator hums z's in the middle octave key of E.</ezcontent>
   </eztemplate>
-  <eztemplate name="factoidbox" ezxhtml:class="templateClass4" ezxhtml:align="center"/>
-  <eztemplate name="factoidbox" ezxhtml:class="templateClass4"/>
+  <eztemplate name="factoidbox" ezxhtml:class="templateClass4" ezxhtml:align="center">
+  <ezcontent/>
+  </eztemplate>
+  <eztemplate name="factoidbox" ezxhtml:class="templateClass4">
+  <ezcontent/>
+  </eztemplate>
+
 </section>
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/input/161-eztemplate-no-content.xml b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/input/161-eztemplate-no-content.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95c8c7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/input/161-eztemplate-no-content.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<section
+        xmlns:custom="http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/custom/"
+        xmlns:image="http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/image/"
+        xmlns:xhtml="http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/">
+    <section>
+        <custom name="linebreak"/>
+    </section>
+    <!-- xmlns:tmp="http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/temporary/"-->
+    <paragraph xmlns:tmp="http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/temporary/">
+        <custom name="mycustomtag" custom:class="templateClass" custom:align="left" custom:title="foobar"/>
+    </paragraph>
+</section>
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/log/161-eztemplate-no-content.log b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/log/161-eztemplate-no-content.log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7b29a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/log/161-eztemplate-no-content.log
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+warning:Custom tag 'linebreak' converted to block custom tag. It might have been inline custom tag in legacy DB where contentobject_attribute.id=
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/160-eztemplate.xml b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/160-eztemplate.xml
index 2d07d36d..b35ff49e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/160-eztemplate.xml
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/160-eztemplate.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
         xmlns:ezcustom="http://ez.no/xmlns/ezpublish/docbook/custom"
         xmlns:ezxhtml="http://ez.no/xmlns/ezpublish/docbook/xhtml"
         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0-variant ezpublish-1.0">
-  <eztemplate name="linebreak"/>
+  <eztemplate name="linebreak">
+    <ezcontent/>
+  </eztemplate>
   <eztemplate name="mycustomtag" ezxhtml:align="left" ezxhtml:class="templateClass">
     <ezcontent>
             custom tag content
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/161-eztemplate-no-content.xml b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/161-eztemplate-no-content.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7520ff7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/_fixtures/richtext/output/161-eztemplate-no-content.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<section
+        xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+        xmlns:ezcustom="http://ez.no/xmlns/ezpublish/docbook/custom"
+        xmlns:ezxhtml="http://ez.no/xmlns/ezpublish/docbook/xhtml"
+        xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0-variant ezpublish-1.0">
+    <eztemplate name="linebreak">
+    <ezcontent/>
+    </eztemplate>
+    <eztemplate name="mycustomtag" ezxhtml:align="left" ezxhtml:class="templateClass">
+        <ezcontent/>
+        <ezconfig>
+            <ezvalue key="title">foobar</ezvalue>
+        </ezconfig>
+    </eztemplate>
+</section>
+