diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b9c170b787..a6f34d7679 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Sat Aug 10 11:31:35 2013  Kouhei Sutou  <kou@cozmixng.org>
+
+	* lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb (REXML::Parsers::BaseParser::PUBLIC):
+	  Fix loose "head" match regular expression.
+	  [Bug #8701] [ruby-dev:47551]
+	  Patch by Ippei Obayashi. Thanks!!!
+	* test/rexml/parse/test_notation_declaration.rb (#test_system_public):
+	  Add a test for the above case.
+
 Sat Aug 10 09:20:21 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* NEWS: [DOC] typo in example reported by @moretea
diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
index a88896c5db..d6ea4f7e23 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module REXML
       ATTLISTDECL_START = /^\s*<!ATTLIST/um
       ATTLISTDECL_PATTERN = /^\s*<!ATTLIST\s+#{NAME}(?:#{ATTDEF})*\s*>/um
       NOTATIONDECL_START = /^\s*<!NOTATION/um
-      PUBLIC = /^\s*<!NOTATION\s+(\w[\-\w]*)\s+(PUBLIC)\s+(["'])(.*?)\3(?:\s+(["'])(.*?)\5)?\s*>/um
+      PUBLIC = /\A\s*<!NOTATION\s+(\w[\-\w]*)\s+(PUBLIC)\s+(["'])(.*?)\3(?:\s+(["'])(.*?)\5)?\s*>/um
       SYSTEM = /^\s*<!NOTATION\s+(\w[\-\w]*)\s+(SYSTEM)\s+(["'])(.*?)\3\s*>/um
 
       TEXT_PATTERN = /\A([^<]*)/um
diff --git a/test/rexml/parse/test_notation_declaration.rb b/test/rexml/parse/test_notation_declaration.rb
index 5111fe483d..af070dd060 100644
--- a/test/rexml/parse/test_notation_declaration.rb
+++ b/test/rexml/parse/test_notation_declaration.rb
@@ -73,5 +73,16 @@ class TestParseNotationDeclaration < Test::Unit::TestCase
         end
       end
     end
+
+    class TestMixed < self
+      def test_system_public
+        doctype = parse(<<-INTERNAL_SUBSET)
+<!NOTATION system-name SYSTEM "system-literal">
+<!NOTATION public-name PUBLIC "public-id-literal" 'system-literal'>
+        INTERNAL_SUBSET
+        assert_equal(["system-name", "public-name"],
+                     doctype.notations.collect(&:name))
+      end
+    end
   end
 end