diff --git a/lisp/org-html.el b/lisp/org-html.el
index 16cf937..9224d6f 100644
--- a/lisp/org-html.el
+++ b/lisp/org-html.el
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ PUB-DIR is set, use this as the publishing directory."
 	   (org-combine-plists (org-default-export-plist)
 			       ext-plist
 			       (org-infile-export-plist))))
+         (body-only (or body-only (plist-get opt-plist :body-only)))
 	 (style (concat (if (plist-get opt-plist :style-include-default)
 			    org-export-html-style-default)
 			(plist-get opt-plist :style)