diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65857d0..b20d9bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # domino x.x.x (not yet released)
 
+# domino 1.0.22 (26 Jan 2016)
+* Prevent TypeError due to undefined property when parsing styles. (#69)
+
 # domino 1.0.21 (23 Dec 2015)
 * Improve performance when adding nodes with duplicate IDs. (#60)
 * Be more careful about setting prototype to `null` when using
diff --git a/lib/CSSStyleDeclaration.js b/lib/CSSStyleDeclaration.js
index f7cdd42..840f90b 100644
--- a/lib/CSSStyleDeclaration.js
+++ b/lib/CSSStyleDeclaration.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function CSSStyleDeclaration(elt) {
 // {"margin-left":"5px", "border-style":"solid"}
 function parseStyles(s) {
   var parser = new parserlib.css.Parser();
-  var result = {};
+  var result = { important: {} };
   parser.addListener("property", function(e) {
     if (e.invalid) return; // Skip errors
     result[e.property.text] = e.value.text;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9c3f74..4d0a695 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "domino",
-  "version": "1.0.21-git",
+  "version": "1.0.22",
   "author": "Felix Gnass <fgnass@gmail.com>",
   "description": "Server-side DOM implementation based on Mozilla's dom.js",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/fgnass/domino",
diff --git a/test/domino.js b/test/domino.js
index 8e7445e..9f5c177 100644
--- a/test/domino.js
+++ b/test/domino.js
@@ -540,3 +540,11 @@ exports.contains = function() {
   nodeList[0].contains(nodeList[1]).should.equal(false);
   nodeList[1].contains(nodeList[0]).should.equal(false);
 };
+
+exports.parseImportant = function() {
+  var html = '<p style="font-family:sans-serif; text-decoration:none !important">foo</p>';
+  var doc = domino.createDocument(html);
+  var p = doc.querySelector('p');
+  p.style.fontFamily.should.equal('sans-serif');
+  p.style.textDecoration.should.equal('none');
+};