diff --git a/lib/xmlrpc/parser.rb b/lib/xmlrpc/parser.rb
index cfbf78f3b3..357618261e 100644
--- a/lib/xmlrpc/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/xmlrpc/parser.rb
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ module XMLRPC
         alias :tag_start :startElement
         alias :tag_end :endElement
         alias :text :character
+        alias :cdata :character
 
         def method_missing(*a)
           # ignore
@@ -760,6 +761,10 @@ module XMLRPC
           character(str)
         end
 
+        def on_cdata(str)
+          character(str)
+        end
+
         def on_entityref(ent)
           str = Entities[ent]
           if str