diff --git a/lib/node-htmlparser.js b/lib/node-htmlparser.js
index ac3625d..21aba93 100644
--- a/lib/node-htmlparser.js
+++ b/lib/node-htmlparser.js
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ inherits(RssHandler, DefaultHandler);
 					try {
 						entry.pubDate = new Date(DomUtils.getElementsByTagName("updated", item.children, false)[0].children[0].data);
 					} catch (ex) { }
+					try {
+						entry.content = DomUtils.outerHTML(DomUtils.getElementsByTagName("content", item.children, false)[0].children[0]);
+					} catch (ex) { }
 					feed.items.push(entry);
 				});
 			}
@@ -799,6 +802,41 @@ function DefaultHandler (callback, options) {
 		, getElementsByTagType: function DomUtils$getElementsByTagType (type, currentElement, recurse, limit) {
 			return(DomUtils.getElements({ tag_type: type }, currentElement, recurse, limit));
 		}
+
+		, outerHTML: function DomUtils$outerHTML(currentElement) {
+			var runningMarkup = '';
+
+			switch (currentElement.type) {
+
+				case 'tag':
+
+					if (currentElement.name == 'br') {
+						runningMarkup = runningMarkup + '<br />';
+					} else {
+						runningMarkup = runningMarkup + '<' + currentElement.name;
+						if (currentElement.attribs) {
+							for (var key in currentElement.attribs) {
+								runningMarkup = runningMarkup + ' ' + key + '=' + '"' + currentElement.attribs[key] + '"';
+							};
+						}
+						runningMarkup = runningMarkup + '>';
+						if (currentElement.children) {
+							currentElement.children.forEach(function(el) {
+								runningMarkup = runningMarkup + DomUtils.outerHTML(el);
+							});
+						}
+						runningMarkup = runningMarkup + '</' + currentElement.name + '>';
+					}
+					break;
+
+				case 'text':
+					runningMarkup = runningMarkup + currentElement.data;
+					break;
+
+			}
+
+			return runningMarkup;
+		}
 	}
 
 	function inherits (ctor, superCtor) {