diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 3697f1fc5d..85d310b75f 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false) {
 	$Text = preg_replace_callback("/\[nobb\](.*?)\[\/nobb\]/ism", 'bb_unspacefy_and_trim',$Text);
 	$Text = preg_replace_callback("/\[pre\](.*?)\[\/pre\]/ism", 'bb_unspacefy_and_trim',$Text);
 
+
+	$Text = preg_replace('/\[\&amp\;([#a-z0-9]+)\;\]/','&$1;',$Text);
+
 	// fix any escaped ampersands that may have been converted into links
 	$Text = preg_replace("/\<(.*?)(src|href)=(.*?)\&amp\;(.*?)\>/ism",'<$1$2=$3&$4>',$Text);
 	if(strlen($saved_image))