diff --git a/strip-frames.xsl b/strip-frames.xsl
index db70a9af2a61a217770fd27f1988db6e63e4ff3f..06def1d7fb415418c1d8875d9cf65ae15bbdb515 100644
--- a/strip-frames.xsl
+++ b/strip-frames.xsl
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
   </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>
 
+<!-- strip empty paragraphs that are likely here only to account for some
+     frame sizes and will increase the page contents size for no good reason
+     once the frames are stripped -->
+<xsl:template match="text:p[count(*) = 0][count(preceding-sibling::*) > 0]">
+  <xsl:comment>Stripped empty &lt;text:p text:style-name="<xsl:value-of select="@text:style-name"/>"&gt;</xsl:comment>
+</xsl:template>
+
 <!--
 <xsl:template match="text:p[count(draw:frame/draw:text-box) > 0]">
 -->