diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/copy_as_gfm.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/copy_as_gfm.js.es6
index 2bfe57b41000467c0200914dd2bdbb76632246f8..4bd537a6f28ed51f12c92a5444345927a88c4a6c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/copy_as_gfm.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/copy_as_gfm.js.es6
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ require('./lib/utils/common_utils');
       },
     },
     SanitizationFilter: {
+      'a[name]:not([href]):empty'(el, text) {
+        return el.outerHTML;
+      },
       'dl'(el, text) {
         let lines = text.trim().split('\n');
         // Add two spaces to the front of subsequent list items lines,
diff --git a/spec/features/copy_as_gfm_spec.rb b/spec/features/copy_as_gfm_spec.rb
index f3a5b56512292e0a1b67de7c4eb43fd5001968d8..fec86128d039b0e69b40989d5bc6b8d55ef49ae7 100644
--- a/spec/features/copy_as_gfm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/copy_as_gfm_spec.rb
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ describe 'Copy as GFM', feature: true, js: true do
       'SanitizationFilter',
 
       <<-GFM.strip_heredoc
+      <a name="named-anchor"></a>
+      
       <sub>sub</sub>
 
       <dl>