diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures.test.js b/src/__tests__/fixtures.test.js
index 3b9d407..59726ec 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/fixtures.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures.test.js
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ const SIMPLE_SVG = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <text font-family="Verdana" text-anchor="middle" font-size="36">baby</text>
     </g>
   </g>
+  <g>
+    <path d="M0,57.8h85c19.1,0,19.5-13.9,19.1-17.9L97.8,0H0.1L0,57.8z" fill="red" />
+  </g>
+  <text x="52" y="28.9" dy="0.33em" text-anchor='middle' font-size="44" font-family="AkzidenzGrotesk-Black"><tspan>T</tspan></text>
 </svg>
 `
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/parser.test.js b/src/__tests__/parser.test.js
index 2017125..33a6b72 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/parser.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/parser.test.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('svg-parser main lib', () => {
     expect(dom.childNodes[2].tagName).toBe('svg')
     expect(dom.documentElement.tagName).toBe('svg')
     expect(dom.documentElement.namespaceURI).toBe('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')
-    expect(dom.documentElement.childNodes.length).toBe(5)
+    expect(dom.documentElement.childNodes.length).toBe(9)
   })
 
   it('should return an svg in react native SVG format', () => {
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ describe('svg-parser main lib', () => {
     expect(textElement.props.children).toEqual('baby')
   })
 
+  it('handles tspan elements', () => {
+    const svg = parser(SIMPLE_SVG, SIMPLE_CSS)
+    const textElement = svg.props.children[3]
+    const tspanElement = textElement.props.children[0]
+
+    expect(tspanElement.props.children).toEqual('T')
+  })
+
   it('readme example works', () => {
     const svgString = `<svg height="100" width="100">
       <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" class="red-circle" />
diff --git a/src/converter.js b/src/converter.js
index e5534b9..92eb1c3 100644
--- a/src/converter.js
+++ b/src/converter.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import Svg, {
   Text,
   Use,
   Defs,
-  Stop
+  Stop,
+  TSpan
 } from 'react-native-svg'
 
 const mapping = {
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ const mapping = {
   'radialGradient': RadialGradient,
   'use': Use,
   'defs': Defs,
-  'stop': Stop
+  'stop': Stop,
+  'tspan': TSpan
 }
 
 function extractViewbox (markup) {
@@ -170,20 +172,17 @@ function traverse (markup, config, i = 0) {
   }
 
   // map the tag to an element.
-  const Elem = mapping[ tagName.toLowerCase() ]
+  const Elem = mapping[tagName.toLowerCase()]
 
   // Note, if the element is not found it was not in the mapping.
   if (!Elem) {
     return null
   }
 
-  const children = (Elem === Text && markup.childNodes.length === 1)
-    ? markup.childNodes[0].data
-    : markup.childNodes.length ? Object.values(markup.childNodes).map((child) => {
-      return traverse(child, config, ++i)
-    }).filter((node) => {
-      return !!node
-    }) : []
+  let children = []
+  if (markup.childNodes) {
+    children = traverseChildNodes(getChildNodes(markup), config, ++i)
+  }
 
   const elemAttributes = {}
   attrs.forEach((attr) => {
@@ -191,7 +190,24 @@ function traverse (markup, config, i = 0) {
   })
 
   const k = i + Math.random()
-  return <Elem {...elemAttributes} key={k}>{ children }</Elem>
+  return <Elem {...elemAttributes} key={k}>{children}</Elem>
+}
+
+function getChildNodes (markup) {
+  return Object.keys(markup.childNodes)
+    .filter(n => n !== 'length')
+    .map(i => markup.childNodes[i])
+}
+
+function traverseChildNodes (nodes, config, i) {
+  // if there is just one node and that node have data return the data value
+  if (nodes.length === 1 && nodes[0].data) {
+    return nodes[0].data
+  }
+
+  return nodes
+    .map(child => traverse(child, config, ++i))
+    .filter(node => !!node)
 }
 
 export { extractViewbox, getCssRulesForAttr, findApplicableCssProps, addNonCssAttributes }