diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1360d58..09967d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ console.log(json);
 // {"key1":[{"$t":"value1"}],"key2":{"key3":[{"$t":"value3"}]}}
 ```
 
+* `defaultRootTagName` - *string* - If there is one root element and the tag name matches this, we'll exclude the root from the generated JSON : *default : row*
+
 
 ## dump(Object json, Object options)
 Transform a Javascript data structure (JSON) in XML string. **Return String.**
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ Transform a Javascript data structure (JSON) in XML string. **Return String.**
 * `version` - *string* - Set version attribute of XML header (see header flag); *default : 1.0*
 * `encoding` - *string* - Set encoding attribute of XML header (see header flag); *default : UTF-8*
 * `specialChar` - *string* - Set the first character of XML tag ($t, $text, $cd, $cdata, $e, $element, $c, $comment); *default : $*
+* `defaultRootTagName` - *string* - If there are multiple roots we'll wrap them with this element *default : row*
 
 
 ## tojson(String xml)
@@ -124,4 +127,3 @@ Alias of dump.
 
 
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-
diff --git a/lib/xml-mapping.js b/lib/xml-mapping.js
index f67e99c..df176e0 100755
--- a/lib/xml-mapping.js
+++ b/lib/xml-mapping.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var nameShortTag = 'n';
 exports.dump = function (obj, options) {
   options = options || {};
   options.specialChar = options.specialChar || '$';
+  options.defaultRootTagName = options.defaultRootTagName || default_tag_name;
 
   if (typeof obj != "object") {
     return obj;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ exports.dump = function (obj, options) {
     o = obj;
   }
   else {
-    o[default_tag_name] = obj;
+    o[options.defaultRootTagName] = obj;
   }
   parse(o);
 
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ exports.load = function (str, options) {
   options = options || {};
   options.specialChar = options.specialChar || '$';
   options.longTag = options.longTag || false;
+  options.defaultRootTagName = options.defaultRootTagName || default_tag_name;
 
   if (typeof str != "string") {
     if (options.throwErrors) {
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ exports.load = function (str, options) {
       });
     }
 
-    if (stack.length == 1 && node.name == default_tag_name) {
+    if (stack.length == 1 && node.name == options.defaultRootTagName) {
       result = cattr(node.attributes);
       stack.push(result);
     }
diff --git a/test/tojson.js b/test/tojson.js
index fb41be9..62f75e5 100644
--- a/test/tojson.js
+++ b/test/tojson.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ exports['t02'] = function (test) {
 	test.deepEqual(XMLMapping.load(input), { key1 : { keyA: 'value1', keyB: 'value2' }, key2 : { keyA: 'value1', keyB: 'value2' } });
 	input = '<row><key1 keyA="value1" keyB="value2" keyC="value3"/><key2 keyA="value1" keyB="value2" keyC="value3"/></row>';
 	test.deepEqual(XMLMapping.load(input), { key1 : { keyA: 'value1', keyB: 'value2', keyC: 'value3' }, key2 : { keyA: 'value1', keyB: 'value2', keyC: 'value3' } });
+	input = '<root><key1 keyA="value1" keyB="value2" keyC="value3"/><key2 keyA="value1" keyB="value2" keyC="value3"/></root>';
+	test.deepEqual(XMLMapping.load(input, {defaultRootTagName: 'root'}), { key1 : { keyA: 'value1', keyB: 'value2', keyC: 'value3' }, key2 : { keyA: 'value1', keyB: 'value2', keyC: 'value3' } });
 	test.done();
 };
 
diff --git a/test/toxml.js b/test/toxml.js
index ccd37fa..39ef77c 100644
--- a/test/toxml.js
+++ b/test/toxml.js
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ var input;
 
 exports['t00'] = function (test) {
 	input = {};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row/>') 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row/>')
 	input = 'string';
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), 'string') 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), 'string')
 	input = 1234;
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), 1234) 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), 1234)
 	test.done();
 };
 exports['t01'] = function (test) {
-	input = { 
+	input = {
 		key : {}
 	};
 	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key/>');
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ exports['t01'] = function (test) {
 	test.done();
 };
 exports['t02'] = function (test) {
-	input = { 
+	input = {
 		key1 : {},
 		key2 : {}
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row><key1/><key2/></row>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row><key1/><key2/></row>');
 	input = {
 		key1 : {
 			key: 'value'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exports['t02'] = function (test) {
 			key: 'value'
 		}
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row><key1 key="value"/><key2 key="value"/></row>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row><key1 key="value"/><key2 key="value"/></row>');
 	input = {
 		key1 : {
 			keyA: 'value1',
@@ -56,20 +56,25 @@ exports['t02'] = function (test) {
 		}
 	};
 	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<row><key1 keyA="value1" keyB="value2"/><key2 keyA="value1" keyB="value2"/></row>');
+	input = {
+		key1 : {},
+		key2 : {}
+	};
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input, {defaultRootTagName: 'root'}), '<root><key1/><key2/></root>'); 
 	test.done();
 };
 exports['t03a'] = function (test) {
 	input = {
 		key : []
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key/>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key/>');
 	test.done();
 }
 exports['t03b'] = function (test) {
 	input = {
 		key : [{},{}]
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key/><key/>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key/><key/>');
 	test.done();
 }
 exports['t03c'] = function (test) {
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ exports['t05a'] = function (test) {
 	input = {
 		'#element' : [{ $cd : 'value'}, { '#cd' : 'value'}]
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<![CDATA[value]]><![CDATA[value]]>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<![CDATA[value]]><![CDATA[value]]>');
 	test.done();
 };
 exports['t05b'] = function (test) {
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ exports['t05b'] = function (test) {
 			'#element' : [{ $t : 'amstra'}, { _t : 'mdram'}]
 		}
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key>amstramdram</key>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key>amstramdram</key>');
 	test.done();
 };
 exports['t06'] = function (test) {
@@ -131,13 +136,13 @@ exports['t06'] = function (test) {
 			'$t' : 1
 		}
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key>1</key>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key>1</key>');
 		input = {
 		key : {
 			'$t' : 0
 		}
 	};
-	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key>0</key>'); 
+	test.equal(XMLMapping.dump(input), '<key>0</key>');
 	test.done();
 };
 exports['t07'] = function (test) {