diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index c8ed515..73194bc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v0.4.7, 03/05/2014 -- minor fix for issue25
+                    - fixed exception when optional service tag is not present
+                      in <port> tag
+                    - added support for <owner> if present in <port>:
+                      accessible via NmapService.owner
 v0.4.6, 06/04/2014 -- minor fix
                     - corrected missing incomplete parameter on parse_fromfile
                       and parse_fromstring
diff --git a/libnmap/objects/service.py b/libnmap/objects/service.py
index 870dafa..95efb1a 100644
--- a/libnmap/objects/service.py
+++ b/libnmap/objects/service.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class NmapService(object):
         available or not. Like banner or extra datas from NSE (nmap scripts).
     """
     def __init__(self, portid, protocol='tcp', state=None,
-                 service=None, service_extras=None):
+                 service=None, owner=None, service_extras=None):
         """
             Constructor
 
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ def __init__(self, portid, protocol='tcp', state=None,
         self._state = state if state is not None else {}
         self._service = service if service is not None else {}
 
+        self._owner = ''
+        if owner is not None and 'name' in owner:
+            self._owner = owner['name']
+
         self._reason = ''
         self._reason_ip = ''
         self._reason_ttl = ''
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ def service(self):
 
             :return: dict or None
         """
-        return self._service['name'] if 'name' in self._service else None
+        return self._service['name'] if 'name' in self._service else ''
 
     def open(self):
         """
@@ -180,6 +184,13 @@ def open(self):
         """
         return 'state' in self._state and self._state['state'] == 'open'
 
+    @property
+    def owner(self):
+        """
+            Accessor for service owner if available
+        """
+        return self._owner
+
     @property
     def banner(self):
         """
diff --git a/libnmap/parser.py b/libnmap/parser.py
index 54f14bf..88a3dc2 100644
--- a/libnmap/parser.py
+++ b/libnmap/parser.py
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ def _parse_xml_port(cls, scanport_data):
 
         _state = None
         _service = None
+        _owner = None
         _service_scripts = []
         _service_extras = {}
         for xport in xelement:
@@ -393,21 +394,23 @@ def _parse_xml_port(cls, scanport_data):
                 _state = cls.__format_attributes(xport)
             elif xport.tag == 'service':
                 _service = cls.__format_attributes(xport)
+            elif xport.tag == 'owner':
+                _owner = cls.__format_attributes(xport)
             elif xport.tag == 'script':
                 _script_dict = cls.__parse_script(xport)
                 _service_scripts.append(_script_dict)
         _service_extras['scripts'] = _service_scripts
 
-        if(_portid is None or _protocol is None
-                or _state is None or _service is None):
+        if(_portid is None or _protocol is None or _state is None):
             raise NmapParserException("XML <port> tag is incomplete. One "
                                       "of the following tags is missing: "
-                                      "portid, protocol state or service.")
+                                      "portid, protocol or state or tag.")
 
         nport = NmapService(_portid,
                             _protocol,
                             _state,
                             _service,
+                            _owner,
                             _service_extras)
         return nport
 
diff --git a/libnmap/test/test_service.py b/libnmap/test/test_service.py
index 67fdfd2..a4d4dea 100644
--- a/libnmap/test/test_service.py
+++ b/libnmap/test/test_service.py
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@
     <service name="smtp" method="table" conf="3"/>
 </port>"""
 
+port_noservice = """
+<port protocol="udp" portid="3306">
+<state state="closed" reason="port-unreach" reason_ttl="64" />
+</port>"""
+
+port_owner = """
+<port protocol="tcp" portid="25">
+    <state state="open" reason="syn-ack" reason_ttl="64"/>
+    <service name="smtp" product="Postfix smtpd"
+        hostname=" jambon.localdomain" method="probed" conf="10"/>
+    <owner name="edwige"/>
+</port>"""
+
 
 class TestNmapService(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -221,6 +234,15 @@ def test_diff_reason(self):
         ddict = nservice12.diff(nservice13)
         self.assertEqual(ddict.changed(), set(['reason']))
 
+    def test_noservice(self):
+        noservice = NmapParser.parse(port_noservice)
+        self.assertEqual(noservice.service, "")
+
+    def test_owner(self):
+        serviceowner = NmapParser.parse(port_owner)
+        self.assertEqual(serviceowner.owner, "edwige")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_suite = ['test_port_state_changed', 'test_port_state_unchanged',
                   'test_port_service_changed', 'test_eq_service',