diff --git a/crates/typst-realize/src/lib.rs b/crates/typst-realize/src/lib.rs
index 7d2460a89..526f4631a 100644
--- a/crates/typst-realize/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-realize/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use typst_library::foundations::{
     SequenceElem, Show, ShowSet, Style, StyleChain, StyledElem, Styles, SymbolElem,
     Synthesize, Transformation,
 };
-use typst_library::html::{tag, HtmlElem};
+use typst_library::html::{tag, FrameElem, HtmlElem};
 use typst_library::introspection::{Locatable, SplitLocator, Tag, TagElem};
 use typst_library::layout::{
     AlignElem, BoxElem, HElem, InlineElem, PageElem, PagebreakElem, VElem,
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ fn visit<'a>(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    // Transformations for math content based on the realization kind. Needs
+    // Transformations for content based on the realization kind. Needs
     // to happen before show rules.
-    if visit_math_rules(s, content, styles)? {
+    if visit_kind_rules(s, content, styles)? {
         return Ok(());
     }
 
@@ -280,9 +280,8 @@ fn visit<'a>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-// Handles special cases for math in normal content and nested equations in
-// math.
-fn visit_math_rules<'a>(
+// Handles transformations based on the realization kind.
+fn visit_kind_rules<'a>(
     s: &mut State<'a, '_, '_, '_>,
     content: &'a Content,
     styles: StyleChain<'a>,
@@ -335,6 +334,13 @@ fn visit_math_rules<'a>(
         }
     }
 
+    if !s.kind.is_html() {
+        if let Some(elem) = content.to_packed::<FrameElem>() {
+            visit(s, &elem.body, styles)?;
+            return Ok(true);
+        }
+    }
+
     Ok(false)
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/html-frame-in-layout.png b/tests/ref/html-frame-in-layout.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3382e432
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diff --git a/tests/suite/html/frame.typ b/tests/suite/html/frame.typ
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..711933d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/suite/html/frame.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// No proper HTML tests here yet because we don't want to test SVG export just
+// yet. We'll definitely add tests at some point.
+
+--- html-frame-in-layout ---
+// Ensure that HTML frames are transparent in layout. This is less important for
+// actual paged export than for _nested_ HTML frames, which take the same code
+// path.
+#html.frame[A]