diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* 3000.10.3 (18 June 2014)
+
+  - Parse unwrapped text as a String value in accordance with the
+    XML-RPC spec.
+
 * 3000.10.2 (30 January 2014)
 
   - Adds support for i8 (64-bit integer) types: see new I8 type in
diff --git a/Network/XmlRpc/Internals.hs b/Network/XmlRpc/Internals.hs
--- a/Network/XmlRpc/Internals.hs
+++ b/Network/XmlRpc/Internals.hs
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
     toValue = ValueString
     fromValue = simpleFromValue f
 	where f (ValueString x) = Just x
+              f (ValueUnwrapped x) = Just x
 	      f _ = Nothing
     getType _ = TString
 
diff --git a/haxr.cabal b/haxr.cabal
--- a/haxr.cabal
+++ b/haxr.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: haxr
-Version: 3000.10.2
+Version: 3000.10.3
 Cabal-version: >=1.10
 Build-type: Simple
 Copyright: Bjorn Bringert, 2003-2006