diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index e7b2c78564..8ee06ea01f 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -3162,7 +3162,8 @@ docstring Paragraph::simpleLyXHTMLOnePar(Buffer const & buf,
 
 			if (style.pass_thru || runparams.pass_thru)
 				xs << c;
-			else if (c == '-') {
+			else if (c == '-' && !runparams.inIPA &&
+			         font.fontInfo().family() != TYPEWRITER_FAMILY) {
 				docstring str;
 				int j = i + 1;
 				if (j < size() && d->text_[j] == '-') {
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetIPA.cpp b/src/insets/InsetIPA.cpp
index 33ede5515f..2f756f28bc 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetIPA.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetIPA.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@ void InsetIPA::latex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams_in) const
 }
 
 
+docstring InsetIPA::xhtml(XHTMLStream & xs, OutputParams const & runparams_in) const
+{
+	OutputParams runparams(runparams_in);
+	runparams.inIPA = true;
+	return InsetText::xhtml(xs, runparams);
+}
+
+
 bool InsetIPA::insetAllowed(InsetCode code) const
 {
 	switch (code) {
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetIPA.h b/src/insets/InsetIPA.h
index 4688696b99..f100c663f9 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetIPA.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetIPA.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public:
 	///
 	void latex(otexstream &, OutputParams const &) const;
 	///
+	docstring xhtml(XHTMLStream & xs, OutputParams const &) const;
+	///
 	void validate(LaTeXFeatures & features) const;
 	///
 	bool allowSpellCheck() const { return false; }