diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Italic/index.spec.js b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Italic/index.spec.js
index 0bd952ac..27505e00 100644
--- a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Italic/index.spec.js
+++ b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Italic/index.spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ context('/api/extensions/italic', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('i tags should be transformed to em tags', () => {
+    cy.get('.ProseMirror').then(([{ editor }]) => {
+      editor.setContent('<p><i>Example Text</i></p>')
+      expect(editor.html()).to.eq('<p><em>Example Text</em></p>')
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('i tags with normal font style should be omitted', () => {
+    cy.get('.ProseMirror').then(([{ editor }]) => {
+      editor.setContent('<p><i style="font-style: normal">Example Text</i></p>')
+      expect(editor.html()).to.eq('<p>Example Text</p>')
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('generic tags with italic style should be transformed to strong tags', () => {
+    cy.get('.ProseMirror').then(([{ editor }]) => {
+      editor.setContent('<p><span style="font-style: italic">Example Text</span></p>')
+      expect(editor.html()).to.eq('<p><em>Example Text</em></p>')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('the button should make the selected text italic', () => {
     cy.get('.demo__preview button:first')
       .click()
diff --git a/packages/extension-italic/index.ts b/packages/extension-italic/index.ts
index e6021921..bbc2ef42 100644
--- a/packages/extension-italic/index.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-italic/index.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,16 @@ export default new Mark()
   .name('italic')
   .schema(() => ({
     parseDOM: [
-      { tag: 'i' },
-      { tag: 'em' },
-      { style: 'font-style=italic' },
+      {
+        tag: 'em',
+      },
+      {
+        tag: 'i',
+        getAttrs: node => (node as HTMLElement).style.fontStyle !== 'normal' && null,
+      },
+      {
+        style: 'font-style=italic',
+      },
     ],
     toDOM: () => ['em', 0],
   }))