diff --git a/test_xsl/hyphenation_test.xml b/test_xsl/hyphenation_test.xml
index d99f705..3ff6f7b 100644
--- a/test_xsl/hyphenation_test.xml
+++ b/test_xsl/hyphenation_test.xml
@@ -52,4 +52,19 @@ y P
     </utfx:assert-equal>
   </utfx:test>
   
+  <utfx:test>
+    <utfx:name>Make sure bridgehead is not hyphenated</utfx:name>
+    <utfx:stylesheet-params>
+      <utfx:with-param name="contraction" select="2"/>
+    </utfx:stylesheet-params>
+    <utfx:assert-equal>
+      <utfx:source>
+        <dtb:bridgehead xml:lang="de">Ba­de­ho­sen­bun­des</dtb:bridgehead>
+      </utfx:source>
+      <utfx:expected>
+y BRIDGE
+ BADEHOSCB/D%</utfx:expected>
+    </utfx:assert-equal>
+  </utfx:test>
+
 </utfx:tests>
diff --git a/xsl/dtbook2sbsform.xsl b/xsl/dtbook2sbsform.xsl
index c528980..31bba70 100644
--- a/xsl/dtbook2sbsform.xsl
+++ b/xsl/dtbook2sbsform.xsl
@@ -1370,8 +1370,13 @@
   <!-- ========== -->
 
   <xsl:template match="dtb:bridgehead">
+    <xsl:variable name="body"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:variable>
     <xsl:call-template name="inline_macro">
       <xsl:with-param name="macro" select="'BRIDGE'"/>
+      <xsl:with-param name="body">
+	<!-- Remove hypenation marks ('t','k', 'p' and 'w') -->
+	<xsl:value-of select="replace(string($body), '[tkpw]', '')"/>
+      </xsl:with-param>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>