diff --git a/app/models/rss_feed.rb b/app/models/rss_feed.rb
index 2d1168d..2798c6e 100644
--- a/app/models/rss_feed.rb
+++ b/app/models/rss_feed.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class RssFeed < Article
   end
   def data
     articles = fetch_articles
-
     result = ""
     xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target => result)
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ class RssFeed < Article
             xml.item do
               xml.title(article.name)
               if self.feed_item_description == 'body'
-                xml.description(article.body)
+                xml.description(article.to_html)
               else
                 xml.description(article.abstract)
               end
diff --git a/test/factories.rb b/test/factories.rb
index fdfd7b6..fd2a70e 100644
--- a/test/factories.rb
+++ b/test/factories.rb
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ module Noosfero::Factory
   ###############################################
   # Blog
   ###############################################
+  def defaults_for_blog
+    { :name => 'My blog ' + factory_num_seq.to_s }
+  end
+
   def create_blog
     profile = Profile.create!(:identifier => 'testuser' + factory_num_seq.to_s, :name => 'Test user')
     Blog.create!(:name => 'blog', :profile => profile)
diff --git a/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb b/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb
index b49916f..8d6f5cd 100644
--- a/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb
@@ -240,4 +240,15 @@ class RssFeedTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal false, a.can_display_hits?
   end
 
+  should 'display the referenced body of a PublishedArticle' do
+    article = fast_create(Article, :body => 'This is the content of the Sample Article.')
+    profile = fast_create(Profile)
+    blog = fast_create(Blog, :profile_id => profile.id)
+    published_article = PublishedArticle.create!(:reference_article => article, :profile => profile)
+    blog.posts << published_article
+    feed = RssFeed.new(:parent => blog, :profile => profile, :feed_item_description => 'body')
+
+    assert_match published_article.to_html, feed.data
+  end
+
 end
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