diff --git a/test/libxslt.js b/test/libxslt.js
index 97b8f9b..34acadb 100644
--- a/test/libxslt.js
+++ b/test/libxslt.js
@@ -218,6 +218,37 @@ describe('node-libxslt', function() {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('implicitly omitted xml-declaration', function() {
+
+		it('should be respected by a stylesheet with output method html', function() {
+			var data='<root><strong></strong><!-- comment on xml data --></root>';
+			var stylesheetHtmlOut = libxslt.parse(fs.readFileSync('test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-html-out.xsl', 'utf8'));
+			var result = stylesheetHtmlOut.apply(data);
+			result.should.be.type('string');
+			result.should.not.match(/\?xml/);
+			result.should.match(/<foo\/>/);
+			result.should.match(/<strong><\/strong>/);
+			result.should.match(/&lt;bar\/&gt;/);
+			result.should.not.match(/\<!-- comment/);
+			result.should.match(/\<node/);
+			result.should.match(/with text/);
+		});
+
+		it('should be respected by a stylesheet with output method text', function() {
+			var data='<root><strong>some text </strong><!-- comment on xml data --></root>';
+			var stylesheetTextOut = libxslt.parse(fs.readFileSync('test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-text-out.xsl', 'utf8'));
+			var result = stylesheetTextOut.apply(data);
+			result.should.be.type('string');
+			result.should.not.match(/\?xml/);
+			result.should.match(/<foo\/>/);
+			result.should.match(/<bar\/>/);
+			result.should.not.match(/\<!-- comment/);
+			result.should.not.match(/\<node/);
+			result.should.not.match(/\<strong/);
+			result.should.match(/some text with text/);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('libexslt bindings', function(){
 		it('should expose EXSLT functions', function(callback){
 			libxslt.parseFile('test/resources/min-value.xsl', function(err, stylesheet){
diff --git a/test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-html-out.xsl b/test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-html-out.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5af5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-html-out.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+  <xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>
+  <xsl:template match="root">
+    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[<foo/>]]></xsl:text>
+    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="no"><![CDATA[<bar/>]]></xsl:text>
+    <xsl:copy-of select="strong"/>
+    <node>with text</node>
+    <!-- comment on xslt -->
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-text-out.xsl b/test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-text-out.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..510bddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/implicit-omit-xml-declaration-text-out.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+  <xsl:output method="text" indent="no"/>
+  <xsl:template match="root">
+    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[<foo/>]]></xsl:text>
+    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="no"><![CDATA[<bar/>]]></xsl:text>
+    <xsl:copy-of select="strong"/>
+    <node>with text</node>
+    <!-- comment on xslt -->
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>