diff --git a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js
index c8ab63693..76010e975 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js
@@ -274,7 +274,10 @@ export class OLXParser {
   }
 
   parseQuestions(problemType) {
-    const builder = new XMLBuilder();
+    const options = {
+      ignoreAttributes: false,
+    };
+    const builder = new XMLBuilder(options);
     const problemObject = _.get(this.problem, problemType);
     let questionObject = {};
     /* TODO: How do we uniquely identify the label and description?
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js
index a924a8eed..d32088f6e 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   multipleProblemOlX,
   blankProblemOLX,
   blankQuestionOLX,
+  styledQuestionOLX,
 } from './mockData/olxTestData';
 import { ProblemTypeKeys } from '../../../data/constants/problem';
 
@@ -161,6 +162,12 @@ describe('Check OLXParser for question parsing', () => {
     const question = olxparser.parseQuestions(problemType);
     expect(question).toBe(blankQuestionOLX.question);
   });
+  test('Test OLX question content with styling should parse/build with correct styling', () => {
+    const olxparser = new OLXParser(styledQuestionOLX.rawOLX);
+    const problemType = olxparser.getProblemType();
+    const question = olxparser.parseQuestions(problemType);
+    expect(question).toBe(styledQuestionOLX.question);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('OLXParser for problem with solution tag', () => {
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js
index 7901e40ba..176f3ad70 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js
@@ -613,3 +613,19 @@ export const blankQuestionOLX = {
 </problem>`,
   question: '',
 };
+export const styledQuestionOLX = {
+  rawOLX: `<problem>
+  <p>
+    <strong>
+      <span style="background-color: #e03e2d;">
+        test
+      </span>
+    </strong>
+  </p>
+  <stringresponse type="ci">
+    <additional_answer />
+    <textline size="20"/>
+  </stringresponse>
+</problem>`,
+  question: '<p><strong><span style="background-color: #e03e2d;">test</span></strong></p>',
+};