diff --git CHANGELOG.txt CHANGELOG.txt
index d5e52f9..c593f63 100644
--- CHANGELOG.txt
+++ CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Wysiwyg 7.x-2.0, 2010-01-06
 
 Wysiwyg 6.x-2.x, xxxx-xx-xx
 ---------------------------
+#1153458 by Deciphered: Fixed TinyMCE 'Verify HTML' setting being ignored.
 #1079694 by TwoD: Fixed Whizzywig not restoring textarea styles when detached.
 #1132142 by tacituseu, TwoD, sun: Fixed nicEdit not removing its submit handler.
 #1143104 by EugenMayer: Fixed CKEditor 3.5.4 version detection.
diff --git editors/tinymce.inc editors/tinymce.inc
index 56c4215..a7250f3 100644
--- editors/tinymce.inc
+++ editors/tinymce.inc
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function wysiwyg_tinymce_settings($editor, $config, $theme) {
     $settings['remove_linebreaks'] = $config['remove_linebreaks'];
   }
   if (isset($config['verify_html'])) {
-    $settings['verify_html'] = $config['verify_html'];
+    $settings['verify_html'] = (bool) $config['verify_html'];
   }
 
   if (!empty($config['css_classes'])) {