diff --git a/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/AndroidImplementation.java b/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/AndroidImplementation.java
index f1316adc0b..35875bf4f6 100644
--- a/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/AndroidImplementation.java
+++ b/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/AndroidImplementation.java
@@ -6977,6 +6977,7 @@ public void sendMessage(String[] recipients, String subject, Message msg) {
             }
             if (msg.getMimeType().equals(Message.MIME_HTML)) {
                 emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(msg.getContent()));
+                emailIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.HTML_TEXT", msg.getContent());
             }else{
                 /*
                 // Attempted this workaround to fix the ClassCastException that occurs on android when