diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0fc19c3c..56b643a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2423,7 +2423,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "library",
  "link_checker",
- "minify-html",
  "rayon",
  "relative-path",
  "sass-rs",
@@ -2976,6 +2975,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "errors",
  "filetime",
+ "minify-html",
  "percent-encoding",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
diff --git a/components/site/Cargo.toml b/components/site/Cargo.toml
index 47c6a2fb..51fa4907 100644
--- a/components/site/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/site/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ include = ["src/**/*"]
 tera = "1"
 glob = "0.3"
 walkdir = "2"
-minify-html = "0.3.8"
 rayon = "1"
 serde = "1"
 serde_derive = "1"
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 7347c23f..dd4b43a6 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
 
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use minify_html::{with_friendly_error, Cfg};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use tera::{Context, Tera};
 use walkdir::{DirEntry, WalkDir};
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ use templates::render_redirect_template;
 use utils::fs::{
     copy_directory, copy_file_if_needed, create_directory, create_file, ensure_directory_exists,
 };
+use utils::minify;
 use utils::net::get_available_port;
 use utils::templates::render_template;
 
@@ -490,26 +490,6 @@ impl Site {
         html
     }
 
-    /// Minifies html content
-    fn minify(&self, html: String) -> Result<String> {
-        let cfg = &Cfg { minify_js: false };
-        let mut input_bytes = html.as_bytes().to_vec();
-        match with_friendly_error(&mut input_bytes, cfg) {
-            Ok(_len) => match std::str::from_utf8(&input_bytes) {
-                Ok(result) => Ok(result.to_string()),
-                Err(err) => bail!("Failed to convert bytes to string : {}", err),
-            },
-            Err(minify_error) => {
-                bail!(
-                    "Failed to truncate html at character {}: {} \n {}",
-                    minify_error.position,
-                    minify_error.message,
-                    minify_error.code_context
-                );
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Copy the main `static` folder and the theme `static` folder if a theme is used
     pub fn copy_static_directories(&self) -> Result<()> {
         // The user files will overwrite the theme files
@@ -581,7 +561,7 @@ impl Site {
         let final_content = if !filename.ends_with("html") || !self.config.minify_html {
             content
         } else {
-            match self.minify(content) {
+            match minify::html(content) {
                 Ok(minified_content) => minified_content,
                 Err(error) => bail!(error),
             }
diff --git a/components/utils/Cargo.toml b/components/utils/Cargo.toml
index 9923f80f..b169e00a 100644
--- a/components/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ serde_derive = "1"
 slug = "0.1"
 percent-encoding = "2"
 filetime = "0.2.12"
+minify-html = "0.3.8"
 
 errors = { path = "../errors" }
 
diff --git a/components/utils/src/lib.rs b/components/utils/src/lib.rs
index 44ebf4ed..eac2325d 100644
--- a/components/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod de;
 pub mod fs;
+pub mod minify;
 pub mod net;
 pub mod site;
 pub mod slugs;
diff --git a/components/utils/src/minify.rs b/components/utils/src/minify.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f385d336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/utils/src/minify.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use errors::{bail, Result};
+use minify_html::{with_friendly_error, Cfg};
+
+pub fn html(html: String) -> Result<String> {
+    let cfg = &Cfg { minify_js: false };
+    let mut input_bytes = html.as_bytes().to_vec();
+
+    match with_friendly_error(&mut input_bytes, cfg) {
+        Ok(len) => match std::str::from_utf8(&input_bytes) {
+            Ok(result) => Ok(result[..len].to_string()),
+            Err(err) => bail!("Failed to convert bytes to string : {}", err),
+        },
+        Err(minify_error) => {
+            bail!(
+                "Failed to truncate html at character {}: {} \n {}",
+                minify_error.position,
+                minify_error.message,
+                minify_error.code_context
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // https://github.com/getzola/zola/issues/1292
+    #[test]
+    fn can_minify_html() {
+        let input = r#"
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+</head>
+<body>
+
+
+    <p>Example blog post</p>
+
+  FOO BAR
+</body>
+</html>
+"#;
+        let expected = r#"<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8><body><p>Example blog post</p> FOO BAR"#;
+        let res = html(input.to_owned()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(res, expected);
+    }
+}