diff --git a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/RenderChildrenViewHelper.php b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/RenderChildrenViewHelper.php
index 088294b32145e0f81e5c906ff33eb57047f5ebfd..8d1274467e79c5e4438c54a581f27cf0caaacf47 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/RenderChildrenViewHelper.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/RenderChildrenViewHelper.php
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\ViewHelpers;
  */
 class RenderChildrenViewHelper extends \TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractViewHelper
 {
+    /**
+     * As this ViewHelper might render HTML, the output must not be escaped
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $escapeOutput = false;
+
     /**
      * @param array $arguments
      * @return string