diff --git a/lib/rss.js b/lib/rss.js
index 45667060..654e4ba8 100755
--- a/lib/rss.js
+++ b/lib/rss.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function RSS (options, items) {
     this.ttl            = options.ttl;
     //option to return feed as GeoRSS is set automatically if feed.lat/long is used
     this.geoRSS         = options.geoRSS || false;
+    this.cdata         = options.cdata || true; //will wrap content to CDATA
     this.items          = items || [];
 
     this.item = function (options) {
@@ -61,11 +62,20 @@ function ifTruePush(bool, array, data) {
     }
 }
 
+function getValue (bool, argument) {
+    if(bool){
+        return {_cdata: argument};
+    }else{
+        return argument;
+    }
+}
+
 function generateXML (data){
+    var cdata = data.cdata;
 
     var channel = [];
-    channel.push({ title:           { _cdata: data.title } });
-    channel.push({ description:     { _cdata: data.description || data.title } });
+    channel.push({ title:           getValue(cdata, data.title) });
+    channel.push({ description:     getValue(cdata, data.description || data.title) });
     channel.push({ link:            data.site_url || 'http://github.com/dylang/node-rss' });
     // image_url set?
     if (data.image_url) {
@@ -74,36 +84,36 @@ function generateXML (data){
     channel.push({ generator:       data.generator });
     channel.push({ lastBuildDate:   new Date().toGMTString() });
 
-    ifTruePush(data.feed_url, channel, { 'atom:link': { _attr: { href: data.feed_url, rel: 'self', type: 'application/rss+xml' } } });
-    ifTruePush(data.author, channel, { 'author': { _cdata: data.author } });
-    ifTruePush(data.pubDate, channel, { 'pubDate': new Date(data.pubDate).toGMTString() });
-    ifTruePush(data.copyright, channel, { 'copyright':  { _cdata: data.copyright } });
-    ifTruePush(data.language, channel, { 'language': { _cdata: data.language } });
-    ifTruePush(data.managingEditor, channel, { 'managingEditor': { _cdata: data.managingEditor } });
-    ifTruePush(data.webMaster, channel, { 'webMaster': { _cdata: data.webMaster } });
-    ifTruePush(data.docs, channel, { 'docs': data.docs });
-    ifTruePush(data.ttl, channel, { 'ttl': data.ttl });
-    ifTruePush(data.hub, channel, { 'atom:link': { _attr: { href: data.hub, rel: 'hub' } } });
+    ifTruePush(data.feed_url,        channel, { 'atom:link': { _attr: { href: data.feed_url, rel: 'self', type: 'application/rss+xml' } } });
+    ifTruePush(data.author,          channel, { 'author': getValue(cdata, data.author) });
+    ifTruePush(data.pubDate,         channel, { 'pubDate': new Date(data.pubDate).toGMTString() });
+    ifTruePush(data.copyright,       channel, { 'copyright':  getValue(cdata, data.copyright) });
+    ifTruePush(data.language,        channel, { 'language': getValue(cdata, data.language) });
+    ifTruePush(data.managingEditor,  channel, { 'managingEditor': getValue(cdata, data.managingEditor) });
+    ifTruePush(data.webMaster,       channel, { 'webMaster': getValue(cdata, data.webMaster) });
+    ifTruePush(data.docs,            channel, { 'docs': data.docs });
+    ifTruePush(data.ttl,             channel, { 'ttl': data.ttl });
+    ifTruePush(data.hub,             channel, { 'atom:link': { _attr: { href: data.hub, rel: 'hub' } } });
 
     if (data.categories) {
         data.categories.forEach(function(category) {
-            ifTruePush(category, channel, { category: { _cdata: category } });
+            ifTruePush(category, channel, { category: getValue(cdata, category) });
         });
     }
 
     data.items.forEach(function(item) {
         var item_values = [
-                    { title:        { _cdata: item.title } }
+                    { title:        getValue(cdata, item.title) }
                 ];
-        ifTruePush(item.description, item_values, { description:  { _cdata: item.description } });
+        ifTruePush(item.description, item_values, { description:  getValue(cdata, item.description) });
         ifTruePush(item.url, item_values, { link: item.url });
         ifTruePush(item.link || item.guid || item.title, item_values, { guid:         [ { _attr: { isPermaLink: !item.guid && !!item.url } }, item.guid || item.url || item.title ]  });
 
         item.categories.forEach(function(category) {
-            ifTruePush(category, item_values, { category: { _cdata: category } });
+            ifTruePush(category, item_values, { category: getValue(cdata, category) });
         });
 
-        ifTruePush(item.author || data.author, item_values, { 'dc:creator': { _cdata: item.author || data.author } });
+        ifTruePush(item.author || data.author, item_values, { 'dc:creator': getValue(cdata, item.author || data.author) });
         ifTruePush(item.date, item_values, { pubDate:      new Date(item.date).toGMTString() });
 
         //Set GeoRSS to true if lat and long are set
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index de49ca60..c6e8d2c8 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var feed = new RSS(feedOptions);
  * `pubDate` _optional_ **Date object or date string** The publication date for content in the feed
  * `ttl` _optional_ **integer** Number of minutes feed can be cached before refreshing from source.
  * `hub` _optional_ **PubSubHubbub hub url** Where is the PubSubHubb hub located.
+ * `cdata` _optional_ **boolean** Wrap content to CDATA if **true**. Default value is **true**.
 
 ### Add items to a feed