diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e4b479..bf33c7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## UNRELEASED
+- Added `allowedEmptyAttributes` option and kept empty `alt` value by default.
+
 ## 2.11.0 (2023-06-21)
 
 - Fix to allow `false` in `allowedClasses` attributes. Thanks to [Kevin Jiang](https://github.com/KevinSJ) for this fix!
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b834977..4ea238a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -295,9 +295,11 @@ function sanitizeHtml(html, options, _recursing) {
             delete frame.attribs[a];
             return;
           }
-          // If the value is empty, and this is a known non-boolean attribute, delete it
+          // If the value is empty, check if the attribute is in the allowedEmptyAttributes array.
+          // If it is not in the allowedEmptyAttributes array, and it is a known non-boolean attribute, delete it
           // List taken from https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/indices.html#attributes-3
-          if (value === '' && (options.nonBooleanAttributes.includes(a) || options.nonBooleanAttributes.includes('*'))) {
+          if (value === '' && (!options.allowedEmptyAttributes.includes(a)) && (options.nonBooleanAttributes.includes(a) ||
+            options.nonBooleanAttributes.includes('*'))) {
             delete frame.attribs[a];
             return;
           }
@@ -474,6 +476,8 @@ function sanitizeHtml(html, options, _recursing) {
             result += ' ' + a;
             if (value && value.length) {
               result += '="' + escapeHtml(value, true) + '"';
+            } else if (options.allowedEmptyAttributes.includes(a)) {
+              result += '=""';
             }
           } else {
             delete frame.attribs[a];
@@ -876,6 +880,9 @@ sanitizeHtml.defaults = {
     // these attributes would make sense if we did.
     img: [ 'src', 'srcset', 'alt', 'title', 'width', 'height', 'loading' ]
   },
+  allowedEmptyAttributes: [
+    'alt'
+  ],
   // Lots of these won't come up by default because we don't allow them
   selfClosing: [ 'img', 'br', 'hr', 'area', 'base', 'basefont', 'input', 'link', 'meta' ],
   // URL schemes we permit
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index c938b33..0ce92a2 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1616,4 +1616,27 @@ describe('sanitizeHtml', function() {
       nonBooleanAttributes: [ '*' ]
     }), '<input type="checkbox" />');
   });
+  it('should not remove empty alt attribute value by default', function() {
+    assert.equal(sanitizeHtml('<img alt="" src="https://example.com/" />', {
+      allowedAttributes: { img: [ 'alt', 'src' ] },
+      allowedTags: [ 'img' ]
+    }), '<img alt="" src="https://example.com/" />');
+  });
+  it('should not remove empty alt attribute value by default when disabled', function() {
+    assert.equal(sanitizeHtml('<img alt="" src="https://example.com/" />', {
+      allowedAttributes: { img: [ 'alt', 'src' ] },
+      allowedTags: [ 'img' ],
+      nonBooleanAttributes: []
+    }), '<img alt="" src="https://example.com/" />');
+  });
+  it('should set empty value to attribute specified in allowedEmptyAttributes option', function() {
+    assert.equal(sanitizeHtml('<a href target="_blank">hello</a>', {
+      allowedEmptyAttributes: [ 'href' ]
+    }), '<a href="" target="_blank">hello</a>');
+  });
+  it('should not remove empty attribute specified in allowedEmptyAttributes option', function() {
+    assert.equal(sanitizeHtml('<a href="" target="_blank">hello</a>', {
+      allowedEmptyAttributes: [ 'href' ]
+    }), '<a href="" target="_blank">hello</a>');
+  });
 });