diff --git a/src/models/state.js b/src/models/state.js
index 4243f10dc..384219590 100644
--- a/src/models/state.js
+++ b/src/models/state.js
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ class State extends new Record(DEFAULTS) {
    * Create a new `State` with `properties`.
    *
    * @param {Object|State} properties
+   * @param {Object} options
+   *   @property {Boolean} normalize
    * @return {State}
    */
 
-  static create(properties = {}) {
+  static create(properties = {}, options = {}) {
     if (properties instanceof State) return properties
 
     const document = Document.create(properties.document)
@@ -58,9 +60,9 @@ class State extends new Record(DEFAULTS) {
 
     const state = new State({ document, selection })
 
-    return state.transform()
-      .normalize(SCHEMA)
-      .apply({ save: false })
+    return options.normalize === false
+      ? state
+      : state.transform().normalize(SCHEMA).apply({ save: false })
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/serializers/raw.js b/src/serializers/raw.js
index b4327e32b..0e59e9d33 100644
--- a/src/serializers/raw.js
+++ b/src/serializers/raw.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ const Raw = {
       selection = Raw.deserializeSelection(object.selection, options)
     }
 
-    return State.create({ document, selection })
+    return State.create({ document, selection }, options)
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/serializers/index.js b/test/serializers/index.js
index bc9e59599..7af9f4806 100644
--- a/test/serializers/index.js
+++ b/test/serializers/index.js
@@ -54,6 +54,31 @@ describe('serializers', () => {
           }
         })
       })
+
+      it('optionally does not normalize', () => {
+        const html = new Html(require('./fixtures/html/deserialize/inline-with-is-void').default)
+        const input = fs.readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, './fixtures/html/deserialize/inline-with-is-void/input.html'), 'utf8')
+        const serialized = html.deserialize(input, { toRaw: true, normalize: false })
+        assert.deepEqual(serialized, {
+          kind: 'state',
+          document: {
+            kind: 'document',
+            nodes: [
+              {
+                kind: 'block',
+                type: 'paragraph',
+                nodes: [
+                  {
+                    kind: 'inline',
+                    type: 'link',
+                    isVoid: true,
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        })
+      })
     })
 
     describe('serialize()', () => {