diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2d6f36..f180777 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ nosetests.xml
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simplexml/core.py b/simplexml/core.py
index de8af95..3a40140 100644
--- a/simplexml/core.py
+++ b/simplexml/core.py
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ def isNodeList(elem):
             return False
     return True
 
+def dict_from_attributes(attributes, nodeValue):
+    if len(attributes.keys()):
+        dic = {
+            '_attrs' : {},
+        }
+        for a, v in attributes.items():
+            dic['_attrs'][a] = v
+        if nodeValue:
+            dic['_value'] = nodeValue
+        return dic
+    else:
+        return nodeValue
+
+
 def dict_from_element(element, dic):
 
     if element.hasChildNodes():
@@ -99,12 +113,12 @@ def dict_from_element(element, dic):
         else:
             for node in element.childNodes:
                 if node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE:
-                    dic[element.nodeName] = node.nodeValue
+                    dic[element.nodeName] = dict_from_attributes(element.attributes, node.nodeValue)
                 elif node.nodeType == node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
-                    dic = node.nodeValue
+                    dic = dict_from_attributes(element.attributes, node.nodeValue)
                 else:
                     if node.hasChildNodes and len(node.childNodes) == 1 and node.childNodes[0].nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE:
-                        dic[node.nodeName] = node.childNodes[0].nodeValue
+                        dic[node.nodeName] = dict_from_attributes(node.attributes, node.childNodes[0].nodeValue)
                     else:
                         if node.nodeName in dic:
                             if type(dic[node.nodeName]) != type([]):
@@ -112,6 +126,8 @@ def dict_from_element(element, dic):
                             dic[node.nodeName].append(dict_from_element(node, {}))
                         else:
                             dic[node.nodeName] = dict_from_element(node, {})
+    elif len(element.attributes.keys()):
+        dic[element.nodeName] = dict_from_attributes(element.attributes, None)
 
     return dic
 
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index d0fc2fa..f10882f 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ def test_can_loads():
     assert type(response['someTag']['itens']) == list
     assert response['someTag']['itens'][0]['type'] == 'Should Be Type item1'
 
+def test_can_loads_attributes():
+
+    docxml = u'<?xml version="1.0" ?><tags><tag attr="should be tag value"/><tag attr="value2">value3</tag></tags>'
+    response = simplexml.loads(docxml)
+
+    assert type(response['tags']) == list
+    assert type(response['tags'][0]) == dict
+
+    assert response['tags'][0]['tag']['_attrs']['attr'] == 'should be tag value'
+    assert response['tags'][1]['tag']['_attrs']['attr'] == 'value2'
+    assert response['tags'][1]['tag']['_value'] == 'value3'
+
+    final_docxml = simplexml.dumps(response)
+    assert docxml == final_docxml
 
 def test_can_loads_list_plural():
 
@@ -52,7 +66,6 @@ def test_can_dumps():
     assert '<name>Should be name</name>' in response
     assert '<child><id>90</id></child>' in response
 
-
 def test_can_dumps_diff_cdata():
 
     sometag = {'someTag': {'value': 'hello world', 'scaped': 'Should Be <b>bold</b>'}}
@@ -86,10 +99,9 @@ def test_can_dumps_with_list_non_plural():
 
 def test_can_dumps_with_list_non_plural_with_attrs():
 
-    sometag = {'someTag': {'name': 'Should be name', 'child': {'id': 90}, 'item': [{'_attrs': {'attr': 'value'}, 'type': 'Should Be Type item1'}, {'type': 'Should Be Type item2'}]}}
+    sometag = {'someTag': {'name': 'Should be name', 'child': {'id': 90}, 'item': [{'_attrs': {'attr': 'value'}, '_value':'item value'}, {'type': 'Should Be Type item2'}]}}
     response = simplexml.dumps(sometag)
-
-    assert '<item attr="value"><type>Should Be Type item1</type></item><item><type>Should Be Type item2</type></item>' in response
+    assert '<item attr="value">item value</item><item><type>Should Be Type item2</type></item>' in response
 
 
 def test_can_dumps_with_node_value():