diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81e17c8..ee7b914 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *~
 *#
 #*#
+.DS_Store
 
 # Config file
 .babelish
diff --git a/lib/babelish/android2csv.rb b/lib/babelish/android2csv.rb
index b6e6ffd..d8d777a 100644
--- a/lib/babelish/android2csv.rb
+++ b/lib/babelish/android2csv.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ def load_strings(strings_filename)
       end
       parser.xpath("//string").each do |node|
         if !node.nil? && !node["name"].nil?
-          strings.merge!(node["name"] => node.inner_html)
+          if node.children.first.class.to_s == "Nokogiri::XML::CDATA"
+            strings.merge!(node["name"] => "<![CDATA[" + node.inner_html + "]]>")
+          else
+            strings.merge!(node["name"] => node.inner_html)
+          end
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/test/babelish/test_android2csv.rb b/test/babelish/test_android2csv.rb
index d38a43e..802c6e5 100644
--- a/test/babelish/test_android2csv.rb
+++ b/test/babelish/test_android2csv.rb
@@ -50,4 +50,23 @@ def test_special_chars
     # clean up
     system("rm -rf ./" + csv_filename)
   end
+
+  def test_cdata_are_not_removed
+    csv_filename = "./test.csv"
+    filename = "test/data/android_cdata.xml"
+    headers = %w{variables german}
+
+    expected_output = [["html"], {filename => {"html" => "<![CDATA[<p>Text<p>]]>"}}]
+    converter = Babelish::Android2CSV.new(
+      :csv_filename => csv_filename,
+      :headers => headers,
+      :filenames => [filename])
+
+    output = converter.convert(false)
+
+    assert_equal expected_output, output
+
+    # clean up
+    system("rm -rf ./" + csv_filename)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/data/android_cdata.xml b/test/data/android_cdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29189d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/android_cdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+<string name="html"><![CDATA[<p>Text<p>]]></string>
+</resources>