diff --git a/src/attrs.c b/src/attrs.c
index 919e6253f..e8776b0a5 100644
--- a/src/attrs.c
+++ b/src/attrs.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static const Attribute attribute_defs [] =
   { TidyAttr_ITEMPROP,                "itemprop",                CH_PCDATA    },
   { TidyAttr_ITEMREF,                 "itemref",                 CH_PCDATA    },
   { TidyAttr_ITEMSCOPE,               "itemscope",               CH_BOOL      },
-  { TidyAttr_ITEMTYPE,                "itemtype",                CH_URL       },
+  { TidyAttr_ITEMTYPE,                "itemtype",                CH_PCDATA    },
   { TidyAttr_LABEL,                   "label",                   CH_PCDATA    }, /* OPT, OPTGROUP */
   { TidyAttr_LANG,                    "lang",                    CH_LANG      }, 
   { TidyAttr_LANGUAGE,                "language",                CH_PCDATA    }, /* SCRIPT */