diff --git a/debexpo/model/package_info.py b/debexpo/model/package_info.py
index e9b2c838a05b09d4b97c31bd30c553f2ca9a1214..a8f8cdce5e46eed1b58a731e7f5ab0da1fc0a9a2 100644
--- a/debexpo/model/package_info.py
+++ b/debexpo/model/package_info.py
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class PackageInfo(OrmObject):
             directories = PLUGINS_TEMPLATE_DIRS,
             input_encoding='utf-8',
             output_encoding='utf-8',
+            default_filters=['escape'],
+            imports=['from webhelpers.html import escape',
+                     'from debexpo.lib.filters import semitrusted']
             )
 
         for basefile in try_files:
diff --git a/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/html.mako b/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/html.mako
index 23a6e109dd46cccccea73791e9b919b94906ab4f..57ec9acf45a39717b0cae01ad9a4422970c6016e 100644
--- a/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/html.mako
+++ b/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/html.mako
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ ${package}
 %     for severity in sorted(o.rich_data[package], key = severity_key):
 %       for tag in sorted(o.rich_data[package][severity]):
 <li>
-${decode_severity(severity)} ${tag_to_a(tag)}
+${decode_severity(severity)|n} ${tag_to_a(tag)|n}
 %         if any(o.rich_data[package][severity][tag]):
 <ul>
 %           for data in o.rich_data[package][severity][tag]:
-<li>${" ".join(data) | h}</li>
+<li>${" ".join(data)}</li>
 %           endfor
 </ul>
 %         endif
diff --git a/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/text.mako b/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/text.mako
index 6745705e11e4d8765c176337278829d21704eb3c..0f6c2b8b1d82e8b66d8819da6b3d777d7bb38af6 100644
--- a/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/text.mako
+++ b/debexpo/templates/plugins/lintian/text.mako
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %       for tag in sorted(o.rich_data[package][severity]):
 %         if any(o.rich_data[package][severity][tag]):
 %           for data in o.rich_data[package][severity][tag]:
-${severity}: ${package}: ${tag} ${" ".join(data) | h}
+${severity}: ${package}: ${tag} ${" ".join(data)}
 %           endfor
 %         endif
 %       endfor