diff --git a/lib/xmlrpc_lib.js b/lib/xmlrpc_lib.js
index e97c914..7f0df5e 100644
--- a/lib/xmlrpc_lib.js
+++ b/lib/xmlrpc_lib.js
@@ -2492,10 +2492,11 @@ function getSingleChild(node, expectedType)
 function getChildText(node)
 {
 	var ret = '';
+	var child;
 	for(var i = 0; i < node.childNodes.length; i++)
 	{
 		child = node.childNodes.item(i);
-		if (child.nodeType == 3) // ignore comments (8), character data (3), ...
+		if (child.nodeType == 3 || child.nodeType == 4) // handle text and cdata, ignore comments (8), ...
 		{
 			ret += String(child.nodeValue)
 		}