diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7d2685..7bb8ca0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "~1.8.1",
-    "mocha": "~1.17.0"
+    "mocha": "~1.17.0",
+    "xml2js": "~0.4.1",
+    "q": "~1.0.0"
   },
   "main": "lib/rss.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/rss.test.js b/test/rss.test.js
index 41017c0..d035797 100644
--- a/test/rss.test.js
+++ b/test/rss.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 var RSS = require('../lib/rss');
 var expect = require('chai').expect;
+var xml2js = require('xml2js');
+var Q = require('q');
 
 describe('rss module', function(done) {
 
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ describe('rss module', function(done) {
         done();
     });
 
-    it('should work with an easy test', function(done) {
+    var simpleFeed = function() {
         var feed = new RSS({
                     title: 'title',
                     description: 'description',
@@ -68,7 +70,23 @@ describe('rss module', function(done) {
                     author: 'Guest Author',
                     date: 'May 28, 2012 04:00:00 GMT'
                 });
+        return feed;
+    }
 
+    it('should work with indentation', function(done) {
+        var feed = simpleFeed();
+        var xml = feed.xml(true);
+        var parseString = Q.nbind(xml2js.parseString,xml2js);
+
+        var feedToXml = parseString(feed.xml());
+        var feedToXmlIndent = parseString(feed.xml(true));
+        Q.all([feedToXml,feedToXmlIndent]).spread(function (xml,xmlIndent){
+            expect(JSON.stringify(xml)).to.equal(JSON.stringify(xmlIndent));
+        }).done(done());
+    });
+
+    it('should work with an easy test', function(done) {
+        var feed = simpleFeed();
         var expectedResult = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[title]]></title><description><![CDATA[description]]></description><link>http://example.com</link><image><url>http://example.com/icon.png</url><title>title</title><link>http://example.com</link></image><generator>Example Generator</generator><lastBuildDate>' + new Date().toUTCString() +'</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://example.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></author><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2013 Dylan Green]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[Dylan Green]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[Dylan Green]]></webMaster><docs>http://example.com/rss/docs.html</docs><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Category 1]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 3]]></category><item><title><![CDATA[item 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 1]]></description><link>http://example.com/article1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 2]]></description><link>http://example.com/article2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 3]]></description><link>http://example.com/article3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">item3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 4 & html test with <strong>]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 4 uses some <strong>html</strong>]]></description><link>http://example.com/article4?this&amp;that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article4?this&amp;that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 5 & test for categories]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 5]]></description><link>http://example.com/article5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article5</guid><category><![CDATA[Category 1]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 4]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>';
         var result = feed.xml();