diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
       with the distribution.
 
-    * Neither the name of Author name here nor the names of other
+    * Neither the name of Alexander Krupenkin here nor the names of other
       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
       from this software without specific prior written permission.
 
diff --git a/rospkg.cabal b/rospkg.cabal
--- a/rospkg.cabal
+++ b/rospkg.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rospkg
-version:             0.2.2.1
+version:             0.2.3.0
 synopsis:            ROS package system information 
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            https://github.com/RoboticsHS/rospkg#readme
@@ -31,13 +31,17 @@
                      , filepath     >= 1.4  && < 2
                      , directory    >= 1.2  && < 2
                      , bytestring   >= 0.10 && < 1
-                     , fast-tagsoup >= 1.0  && < 2
   other-modules:       Robotics.ROS.Pkg.Finder
                      , Robotics.ROS.Pkg.Types
                      , Robotics.ROS.Pkg.Msgs
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   ghc-options:         -Wall
   default-extensions:  OverloadedStrings
+
+  if !os(windows)
+    -- Using fast-tagsoup (avg 200% speedup)
+    build-depends:     fast-tagsoup >= 1.0  && < 2
+    cpp-options:       -DFAST_PARSER
 
 test-suite rospkg-test
   type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
diff --git a/src/Robotics/ROS/Pkg/Parser.hs b/src/Robotics/ROS/Pkg/Parser.hs
--- a/src/Robotics/ROS/Pkg/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Robotics/ROS/Pkg/Parser.hs
@@ -11,17 +11,28 @@
 -- It used for parsing @package.xml@ file with common
 -- ROS package information.
 --
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module Robotics.ROS.Pkg.Parser (parse) where
 
+import Text.StringLike (StringLike, toString)
 import Data.ByteString as BS (readFile)
 import System.Directory (doesFileExist)
 import System.FilePath (takeDirectory)
-import Text.HTML.TagSoup.Fast
 import Text.HTML.TagSoup
 import Data.Text (Text)
-import Text.StringLike
 
 import Robotics.ROS.Pkg.Types
+
+#ifdef FAST_PARSER
+import Text.HTML.TagSoup.Fast
+#else
+import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8)
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+
+-- | Parse with default UTF8 encoding
+parseTagsT :: ByteString -> [Tag Text]
+parseTagsT = fmap (fmap decodeUtf8) . parseTags
+#endif
 
 -- | Parse package.xml file
 parse :: FilePath -> IO (Either String Package)