diff --git a/lib/xml-parser.ts b/lib/xml-parser.ts
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+const CHAR_SINGLE_QUOTE = 39;
+const CHAR_DOUBLE_QUOTE = 34;
+const CHAR_LESS_THAN = 60;
+const CHAR_GREATER_THAN = 62;
+const CHAR_COLON = 58;
+const CHAR_SPACE = 32;
+const CHAR_TAB = 9;
+const CHAR_CR = 13;
+const CHAR_LF = 10;
+const CHAR_SLASH = 47;
+const CHAR_EXMARK = 33;
+const CHAR_QMARK = 63;
+const CHAR_EQUAL = 61;
+
+const STATE_LESS_THAN = 1;
+const STATE_SINGLE_QUOTE = 2;
+const STATE_DOUBLE_QUOTE = 3;
+
+export interface Attribute {
+  name: string;
+  namespace: string;
+  localName: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+export interface Element {
+  name: string;
+  namespace: string;
+  localName: string;
+  attrs: string;
+  text: string;
+  bodyIndex: number;
+  children: Element[];
+}
+
+export function parseXmlDeclaration(buffer: Buffer): Attribute[] {
+  for (const enc of ["utf16le", "utf8", "latin1", "ascii"]) {
+    let str = buffer.toString(enc, 0, 150);
+    if (str.startsWith("<?xml")) {
+      str = str.split("\n")[0].trim();
+      try {
+        return parseAttrs(str.slice(5, -2));
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Ignore
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function parseAttrs(string: string): Attribute[] {
+  const attrs: Attribute[] = [];
+  const len = string.length;
+
+  let state = 0;
+  let name = "";
+  let namespace = "";
+  let localName = "";
+  let idx = 0;
+  let colonIdx = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+    const c = string.charCodeAt(i);
+    switch (c) {
+      case CHAR_SINGLE_QUOTE:
+      case CHAR_DOUBLE_QUOTE:
+        if (state === c) {
+          state = 0;
+          if (name) {
+            const value = string.slice(idx + 1, i);
+            const e = {
+              name: name,
+              namespace: namespace,
+              localName: localName,
+              value: value
+            };
+            attrs.push(e);
+            name = "";
+            idx = i + 1;
+          }
+        } else {
+          state = c;
+          idx = i;
+        }
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_COLON:
+        if (idx >= colonIdx) colonIdx = i;
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_EQUAL:
+        if (name) throw new Error(`Unexpected character at ${i}`);
+        name = string.slice(idx, i).trim();
+        // TODO validate name
+        if (colonIdx > idx) {
+          namespace = string.slice(idx, colonIdx).trim();
+          localName = string.slice(colonIdx + 1, i).trim();
+        } else {
+          namespace = "";
+          localName = name;
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (name) throw new Error(`Attribute must have value at ${idx}`);
+
+  const tail = string.slice(idx);
+  if (tail.trim()) throw new Error(`Unexpected string at ${len - tail.length}`);
+
+  return attrs;
+}
+
+export function decodeEntities(string): string {
+  return string.replace(/&[0-9a-z#]+;/gi, match => {
+    switch (match) {
+      case "&quot;":
+        return '"';
+
+      case "&amp;":
+        return "&";
+
+      case "&apos;":
+        return "'";
+
+      case "&lt;":
+        return "<";
+
+      case "&gt;":
+        return ">";
+
+      default:
+        if (match.startsWith("&#x")) {
+          const str = match.slice(3, -1).toLowerCase();
+          const n = parseInt(str, 16);
+          if (str.endsWith(n.toString(16))) return String.fromCharCode(n);
+        } else if (match.startsWith("&#")) {
+          const str = match.slice(2, -1);
+          const n = parseInt(str);
+          if (str.endsWith(n.toString())) return String.fromCharCode(n);
+        }
+    }
+    return match;
+  });
+}
+
+export function encodeEntities(string): string {
+  const entities = {
+    "&": "&amp;",
+    '"': "&quot;",
+    "'": "&apos;",
+    "<": "&lt;",
+    ">": "&gt;"
+  };
+  return string.replace(/[&"'<>]/g, m => entities[m]);
+}
+
+export function parseXml(string: string): Element {
+  const len = string.length;
+  let state1 = 0;
+  let state1Index = 0;
+  let state2 = 0;
+  let state2Index = 0;
+
+  const root: Element = {
+    name: "root",
+    namespace: "",
+    localName: "root",
+    attrs: "",
+    text: "",
+    bodyIndex: 0,
+    children: []
+  };
+
+  const stack: Element[] = [root];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+    switch (string.charCodeAt(i)) {
+      case CHAR_SINGLE_QUOTE:
+        switch (state1 & 0xff) {
+          case STATE_SINGLE_QUOTE:
+            state1 = state2;
+            state1Index = state2Index;
+            state2 = 0;
+            continue;
+
+          case STATE_LESS_THAN:
+            state2 = state1;
+            state2Index = state1Index;
+            state1 = STATE_SINGLE_QUOTE;
+            state1Index = i;
+            continue;
+        }
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_DOUBLE_QUOTE:
+        switch (state1 & 0xff) {
+          case STATE_DOUBLE_QUOTE:
+            state1 = state2;
+            state1Index = state2Index;
+            state2 = 0;
+            continue;
+
+          case STATE_LESS_THAN:
+            state2 = state1;
+            state2Index = state1Index;
+            state1 = STATE_DOUBLE_QUOTE;
+            state1Index = i;
+            continue;
+        }
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_LESS_THAN:
+        if ((state1 & 0xff) === 0) {
+          state2 = state1;
+          state2Index = state1Index;
+          state1 = STATE_LESS_THAN;
+          state1Index = i;
+        }
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_COLON:
+        if ((state1 & 0xff) === STATE_LESS_THAN) {
+          const colonIndex = (state1 >> 8) & 0xff;
+          if (colonIndex === 0) state1 ^= ((i - state1Index) & 0xff) << 8;
+        }
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_SPACE:
+      case CHAR_TAB:
+      case CHAR_CR:
+      case CHAR_LF:
+        if ((state1 & 0xff) === STATE_LESS_THAN) {
+          const wsIndex = (state1 >> 16) & 0xff;
+          if (wsIndex === 0) state1 ^= ((i - state1Index) & 0xff) << 16;
+        }
+        continue;
+
+      case CHAR_GREATER_THAN:
+        if ((state1 & 0xff) === STATE_LESS_THAN) {
+          const secondChar = string.charCodeAt(state1Index + 1);
+          const wsIndex: number = (state1 >> 16) & 0xff;
+          let name: string,
+            colonIndex: number,
+            e: Element,
+            parent: Element,
+            selfClosing: number,
+            localName: string,
+            namespace: string;
+
+          switch (secondChar) {
+            case CHAR_SLASH:
+              e = stack.pop();
+              name =
+                wsIndex === 0
+                  ? string.slice(state1Index + 2, i)
+                  : string.slice(state1Index + 2, state1Index + wsIndex);
+              if (e.name !== name)
+                throw new Error(`Unmatched closing tag at ${i}`);
+              if (!e.children.length)
+                e.text = string.slice(e.bodyIndex, state1Index);
+              state1 = state2;
+              state1Index = state2Index;
+              state2 = 0;
+              continue;
+
+            case CHAR_EXMARK:
+              if (string.startsWith("![CDATA[", state1Index + 1)) {
+                if (string.endsWith("]]", i))
+                  throw new Error(`CDATA nodes are not supported at ${i}`);
+              } else if (string.startsWith("!--", state1Index + 1)) {
+                // Comment node, ignore
+                if (string.endsWith("--", i)) {
+                  state1 = state2;
+                  state1Index = state2Index;
+                  state2 = 0;
+                }
+              }
+              continue;
+
+            case CHAR_QMARK:
+              if (string.charCodeAt(i - 1) === CHAR_QMARK) {
+                // XML declaration node, ignore
+                state1 = state2;
+                state1Index = state2Index;
+                state2 = 0;
+              }
+              continue;
+
+            default:
+              selfClosing = +(string.charCodeAt(i - 1) === CHAR_SLASH);
+              parent = stack[stack.length - 1];
+              colonIndex = (state1 >> 8) & 0xff;
+
+              name =
+                wsIndex === 0
+                  ? string.slice(state1Index + 1, i - selfClosing)
+                  : string.slice(state1Index + 1, state1Index + wsIndex);
+              if (colonIndex && (!wsIndex || colonIndex < wsIndex)) {
+                localName = name.slice(colonIndex);
+                namespace = name.slice(0, colonIndex - 1);
+              } else {
+                localName = name;
+                namespace = "";
+              }
+
+              e = {
+                name: name,
+                namespace: namespace,
+                localName: localName,
+                attrs: wsIndex
+                  ? string.slice(state1Index + wsIndex + 1, i - selfClosing)
+                  : "",
+                text: "",
+                bodyIndex: i + 1,
+                children: []
+              };
+              parent.children.push(e);
+              if (!selfClosing) stack.push(e);
+
+              state1 = state2;
+              state1Index = state2Index;
+              state2 = 0;
+              continue;
+          }
+        }
+        continue;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (state1) throw new Error(`Unclosed token at ${state1Index}`);
+
+  if (stack.length > 1) {
+    const e = stack[stack.length - 1];
+    throw new Error(`Unclosed XML element at ${e.bodyIndex}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!root.children.length) root.text = string;
+  return root;
+}
diff --git a/test/xml-parser.ts b/test/xml-parser.ts
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/test/xml-parser.ts
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+import ava from "ava";
+import {
+  parseXmlDeclaration,
+  decodeEntities,
+  parseXml
+} from "../lib/xml-parser";
+
+ava("parseXmlDeclaration", t => {
+  const buf = Buffer.from(
+    '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<soap-env:Envelope />'
+  );
+  const attrs = parseXmlDeclaration(buf);
+  t.deepEqual(attrs, [
+    {
+      name: "version",
+      namespace: "",
+      localName: "version",
+      value: "1.0"
+    },
+    {
+      name: "encoding",
+      namespace: "",
+      localName: "encoding",
+      value: "UTF-8"
+    }
+  ]);
+});
+
+ava("decodeEntities", t => {
+  t.is(
+    decodeEntities("&&amp;&lt;&gt;&quot;&apos;&gt;&#167;&#xd842;&#xDFB7;;"),
+    "&&<>\"'>§𠮷;"
+  );
+});
+
+ava("parse", t => {
+  const xml =
+    '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n<a-b:c><d f="1<g>"/><!-- comment --><h >i</h></a-b:c>';
+  const parsed = parseXml(xml);
+  t.deepEqual(parsed, {
+    name: "root",
+    namespace: "",
+    localName: "root",
+    attrs: "",
+    text: "",
+    bodyIndex: 0,
+    children: [
+      {
+        name: "a-b:c",
+        namespace: "a-b",
+        localName: "c",
+        attrs: "",
+        text: "",
+        bodyIndex: 29,
+        children: [
+          {
+            name: "d",
+            namespace: "",
+            localName: "d",
+            attrs: 'f="1<g>"',
+            text: "",
+            bodyIndex: 42,
+            children: []
+          },
+          {
+            name: "h",
+            namespace: "",
+            localName: "h",
+            attrs: "",
+            text: "i",
+            bodyIndex: 62,
+            children: []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  });
+});