diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
index edab227..a6bcf32 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
     slt_html = config.indent_html_tags
 
     # here using all tags cause we allow empty tags on one line
-    always_slt_html = config.always_single_line_html_tags
+    always_self_closing_html = config.always_self_closing_html_tags
 
     # here using all tags cause we allow empty tags on one line
     slt_template = config.single_line_template_tags
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
                 fr"(<({slt_html})[ ].*?/>)", item, flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE
             )
             or re.findall(
-                fr"(<({always_slt_html})[ ].*?/?>)",
+                fr"(<({always_self_closing_html})[ ].*?/?>)",
                 item,
                 flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE,
             )
diff --git a/src/djlint/lint.py b/src/djlint/lint.py
index ccce438..3d3e20f 100644
--- a/src/djlint/lint.py
+++ b/src/djlint/lint.py
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ def lint_file(config: Config, this_file: Path) -> Dict:
                     ),
                     html,
                 ):
-                    if match.group(1):
+
+                    if match.group(1) and not re.match(
+                        re.compile(
+                            fr"^/?{config.always_self_closing_html_tags}", re.I | re.X
+                        ),
+                        match.group(1).split(" ")[0],
+                    ):
                         # close tags should equal open tags
                         if match.group(1).split(" ")[0][0] != "/":
                             open_tags.append(match)
diff --git a/src/djlint/settings.py b/src/djlint/settings.py
index 922c031..83cf163 100644
--- a/src/djlint/settings.py
+++ b/src/djlint/settings.py
@@ -568,11 +568,12 @@ class Config:
             | style
         """
 
-        self.always_single_line_html_tags: str = r"""
+        self.always_self_closing_html_tags: str = r"""
               link
             | img
             | meta
             | source
+            | br
         """
 
         self.single_line_template_tags: str = r"""
diff --git a/tests/test_linter.py b/tests/test_linter.py
index 5634602..64b8644 100644
--- a/tests/test_linter.py
+++ b/tests/test_linter.py
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ def test_H025(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     assert result.exit_code == 0
     assert "H025" not in result.output
 
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"<br>")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert "H025" not in result.output
+
 
 def test_rules_not_matched_in_ignored_block(
     runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO