diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5a7cf9..0dc9f56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Change History
 ==============
 
+v2.26.0
+---
+* Allow plugins to add attributes without values to the `<script>` and `<link>` tags
+
 v2.25.0
 ---
 * Clearer loader output
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d6851aa..a8e86d4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -581,9 +581,16 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.appendHash = function (url, hash) {
  * Turn a tag definition into a html string
  */
 HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.createHtmlTag = function (tagDefinition) {
-  var attributes = Object.keys(tagDefinition.attributes || {}).map(function (attributeName) {
-    return attributeName + '="' + tagDefinition.attributes[attributeName] + '"';
-  });
+  var attributes = Object.keys(tagDefinition.attributes || {})
+    .filter(function (attributeName) {
+      return tagDefinition.attributes[attributeName] !== false;
+    })
+    .map(function (attributeName) {
+      if (tagDefinition.attributes[attributeName] === true) {
+        return attributeName;
+      }
+      return attributeName + '="' + tagDefinition.attributes[attributeName] + '"';
+    });
   return '<' + [tagDefinition.tagName].concat(attributes).join(' ') + (tagDefinition.selfClosingTag ? '/' : '') + '>' +
     (tagDefinition.innerHTML || '') +
     (tagDefinition.closeTag ? '</' + tagDefinition.tagName + '>' : '');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ee349a..fd45637 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "html-webpack-plugin",
-  "version": "2.25.0",
+  "version": "2.26.0",
   "description": "Simplifies creation of HTML files to serve your webpack bundles",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/spec/BasicSpec.js b/spec/BasicSpec.js
index 23ea465..d63595e 100644
--- a/spec/BasicSpec.js
+++ b/spec/BasicSpec.js
@@ -750,6 +750,72 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
     }, false, true);
   });
 
+  it('allows events to add a no-value attribute', function (done) {
+    var examplePlugin = {
+      apply: function (compiler) {
+        compiler.plugin('compilation', function (compilation) {
+          compilation.plugin('html-webpack-plugin-alter-asset-tags', function (pluginArgs, callback) {
+            pluginArgs.body = pluginArgs.body.map(tag => {
+              if (tag.tagName === 'script') {
+                tag.attributes.async = true;
+              }
+              return tag;
+            });
+            callback(null, pluginArgs);
+          });
+        });
+      }
+    };
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: {
+        app: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js')
+      },
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: '[name]_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
+        examplePlugin
+      ]
+    },
+    [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="app_bundle.js" async><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/],
+    null, done, false, false);
+  });
+
+  it('allows events to remove an attribute by setting it to false', function (done) {
+    var examplePlugin = {
+      apply: function (compiler) {
+        compiler.plugin('compilation', function (compilation) {
+          compilation.plugin('html-webpack-plugin-alter-asset-tags', function (pluginArgs, callback) {
+            pluginArgs.body = pluginArgs.body.map(tag => {
+              if (tag.tagName === 'script') {
+                tag.attributes.async = false;
+              }
+              return tag;
+            });
+            callback(null, pluginArgs);
+          });
+        });
+      }
+    };
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: {
+        app: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js')
+      },
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: '[name]_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
+        examplePlugin
+      ]
+    },
+    [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/],
+    null, done, false, false);
+  });
+
   it('fires the html-webpack-plugin-before-html-processing event', function (done) {
     var eventFired = false;
     var examplePlugin = {
