diff --git a/app/models/metadata_template.rb b/app/models/metadata_template.rb
index 709c87c3..b92f172a 100644
--- a/app/models/metadata_template.rb
+++ b/app/models/metadata_template.rb
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ MetadataTemplate = Struct.new(:site, :document, :name, :label, :type,
 
   def allowed_attributes
     @allowed_attributes ||= %w[style href src alt controls data-align data-multimedia data-multimedia-inner id
-                               name rel target referrerpolicy class colspan rowspan].freeze
+                               name rel target referrerpolicy class colspan rowspan role].freeze
   end
 
   def allowed_tags