diff --git a/src/node/utils/LibreOffice.js b/src/node/utils/LibreOffice.js
index 12a98fa48..dfbee8fa5 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/LibreOffice.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/LibreOffice.js
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ exports.convertFile = function(srcFile, destFile, type, callback) {
 
   if (type === "html") {
     // "html:XHTML Writer File:UTF8" does a better job than normal html exports
-    type = "html:XHTML Writer File:UTF8";
+    if (path.extname(srcFile).toLowerCase() === ".doc") {
+      type = "html";
+    }
     // PDF files need to be converted with LO Draw ref https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/4151
     if (path.extname(srcFile).toLowerCase() === ".pdf") {
       type = "html:XHTML Draw File"
diff --git a/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js b/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
index e4e07639a..f678f7de7 100644
--- a/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
+++ b/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('Imports and Exports', function(){
 
   // For some reason word import does not work in testing..
   // TODO: fix support for .doc files..
-  xit('Tries to import .doc that uses soffice or abiword', function(done) {
+  it('Tries to import .doc that uses soffice or abiword', function(done) {
     if(!settings.allowAnyoneToImport) return done();
     if((settings.abiword && settings.abiword.indexOf("/" === -1)) && (settings.office && settings.soffice.indexOf("/" === -1))) return done();