diff --git a/libnmap/parser.py b/libnmap/parser.py
index 21f6a12..67ff616 100644
--- a/libnmap/parser.py
+++ b/libnmap/parser.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ def parse(cls, nmap_data=None, data_type="XML", incomplete=False):
 
         :param incomplete: enable you to parse interrupted nmap scans \
         and/or incomplete nmap xml blocks by adding a </nmaprun> at \
-        the end of the scan.
+        the end of the scan. Be aware that this flag does not work for \
+        already valid XML files, because adding an XML tag will \
+        invalidate the XML.
         :type incomplete: boolean
 
         As of today, only XML parsing is supported.
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ def _parse_xml_host(cls, scanhost_data):
             "tcpsequence",
             "ipidsequence",
             "tcptssequence",
+            "trace",
             "times",
         ]
         for xh in xelement:
@@ -326,6 +329,9 @@ def _parse_xml_host(cls, scanhost_data):
             elif xh.tag == "hostscript":
                 _host_scripts = cls.__parse_host_scripts(xh)
                 _host_extras.update({"hostscript": _host_scripts})
+            elif xh.tag == "trace":
+                _trace = cls.__parse_trace(xh)
+                _host_extras.update({"trace": _trace})
             elif xh.tag in extra_tags:
                 _host_extras[xh.tag] = cls.__format_attributes(xh)
             # else:
@@ -680,6 +686,39 @@ def __parse_runstats(cls, scanrunstats_data):
 
         return rdict
 
+    @classmethod
+    def __parse_trace(cls, scantrace_data):
+        """
+        Private method parsing a portion of a nmap scan result.
+        Receives a <trace> XML tag.
+
+        :param scantrace_data: <trace> XML tag from a nmap scan
+        :type scantrace_data: xml.ElementTree.Element or a string
+
+        :return: python dict representing the XML trace tag
+        """
+
+        xelement = cls.__format_element(scantrace_data)
+        _trace_attrs = cls.__format_attributes(xelement)
+
+        rdict = {}
+
+        if "proto" in _trace_attrs:
+            rdict["proto"] = _trace_attrs["proto"]
+
+        if "port" in _trace_attrs:
+            rdict["port"] = _trace_attrs["port"]
+
+        rdict["hops"] = []
+        for xmltag in xelement:
+            if xmltag.tag in ["hop"]:
+                rdict["hops"].append(cls.__format_attributes(xmltag))
+            else:
+                exmsg = "Unexcepted node in <trace>: {0}".format(xmltag.tag)
+                raise NmapParserException(exmsg)
+
+        return rdict
+
     @staticmethod
     def __format_element(elt_data):
         """
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2fbfb2f..56c9a07 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-black==20.8b1
+black==24.3.0
 defusedxml==0.6.0
 isort==5.6.4
 pre-commit
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6427c6..a2ca71f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from distutils.core import setup
+import sys
 
-with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as rfile:
-    long_description = rfile.read()
+if sys.version_info >= (3,0):
+    with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as rfile:
+        long_description = rfile.read()
+else: # encoding not compatible with python2
+    with open("README.rst") as rfile:
+        long_description = rfile.read()
 
 setup(
     name="python-libnmap",