diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
index 57bfa0156807b2b290c84cff0c5552d27925490a..655e777d1dd64682e91cf94d93b68dc4fe2f2de6 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TagBuilder #:nodoc:
         include CaptureHelper
         include OutputSafetyHelper
 
-        VOID_ELEMENTS = %i(base br col embed hr img input keygen link meta param source track wbr).to_set
+        VOID_ELEMENTS = %i(area base br col embed hr img input keygen link meta param source track wbr).to_set
 
         def initialize(view_context)
           @view_context = view_context