diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
index 36d8f5352c..efe1f9ef31 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                         grandchildren = child.childNodes;
                         if(grandchildren.length == 1) {
                             grandchild = grandchildren[0];
-                            if(grandchild.nodeType == 3) {
+                            if(grandchild.nodeType == 3 ||
+                               grandchild.nodeType == 4) {
                                 name = (child.prefix) ?
                                         child.nodeName.split(":")[1] :
                                         child.nodeName;
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
index 3dd4db14b5..2f64c23b3b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.KML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                 grandchildren = child.childNodes;
                 if(grandchildren.length == 1) {
                     grandchild = grandchildren[0];
-                    if(grandchild.nodeType == 3) {
+                    if(grandchild.nodeType == 3 || grandchild.nodeType == 4) {
                         name = (child.prefix) ?
                                 child.nodeName.split(":")[1] :
                                 child.nodeName;
@@ -638,4 +638,4 @@ OpenLayers.Format.KML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
     },    
 
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.KML" 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/tests/Format/test_GML.html b/tests/Format/test_GML.html
index f142d01e96..601e9c7dc7 100644
--- a/tests/Format/test_GML.html
+++ b/tests/Format/test_GML.html
@@ -147,13 +147,14 @@
         t.eq(data[0].geometry.components.length, 2, "rings length correct");
     }
     function test_Format_GML_read_attributes(t) {
-        t.plan(1);
+        t.plan(2);
         var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.GML();
         data = parser.read(test_content[0]);
         t.eq(data[0].attributes['NAME'], "WY", "Simple Attribute data is read correctly.");
+        t.eq(data[0].attributes['LONGNAME'], "Wyoming", "Attribute data is read from CDATA node correctly.");
     }    
 
-    var test_content = ['<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>\n<ogr:FeatureCollection\n     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"\n     xsi:schemaLocation="http://ogr.maptools.org/ testoutput.xsd"\n     xmlns:ogr="http://ogr.maptools.org/"\n     xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">\n  <gml:boundedBy>\n    <gml:Box>\n      <gml:coord><gml:X>-1254041.389711702</gml:X><gml:Y>250906.9515983529</gml:Y></gml:coord>\n      <gml:coord><gml:X>-634517.1199908922</gml:X><gml:Y>762236.2940800377</gml:Y></gml:coord>\n    </gml:Box>\n  </gml:boundedBy>                    \n  <gml:featureMember>\n    <ogr:states fid="F0">\n      <ogr:geometryProperty><gml:Polygon><gml:outerBoundaryIs><gml:LinearRing><gml:coordinates>-634517.11999089224,691849.77929356066,0 -653761.64509297756,471181.53429472551,0 -673343.60852865304,250906.9515983529,0 -1088825.734430399,299284.85108220269,0 -1254041.3897117018,324729.27754874947,0 -1235750.4212498858,434167.33911316615,0 -1190777.7803201093,704392.96327195223,0 -1181607.835811228,762236.29408003774,0 -634517.11999089224,691849.77929356066,0</gml:coordinates></gml:LinearRing></gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon></ogr:geometryProperty>\n      <ogr:NAME>WY</ogr:NAME>\n    </ogr:states>\n  </gml:featureMember>\n</ogr:FeatureCollection>\n',
+    var test_content = ['<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>\n<ogr:FeatureCollection\n     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"\n     xsi:schemaLocation="http://ogr.maptools.org/ testoutput.xsd"\n     xmlns:ogr="http://ogr.maptools.org/"\n     xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">\n  <gml:boundedBy>\n    <gml:Box>\n      <gml:coord><gml:X>-1254041.389711702</gml:X><gml:Y>250906.9515983529</gml:Y></gml:coord>\n      <gml:coord><gml:X>-634517.1199908922</gml:X><gml:Y>762236.2940800377</gml:Y></gml:coord>\n    </gml:Box>\n  </gml:boundedBy>                    \n  <gml:featureMember>\n    <ogr:states fid="F0">\n      <ogr:geometryProperty><gml:Polygon><gml:outerBoundaryIs><gml:LinearRing><gml:coordinates>-634517.11999089224,691849.77929356066,0 -653761.64509297756,471181.53429472551,0 -673343.60852865304,250906.9515983529,0 -1088825.734430399,299284.85108220269,0 -1254041.3897117018,324729.27754874947,0 -1235750.4212498858,434167.33911316615,0 -1190777.7803201093,704392.96327195223,0 -1181607.835811228,762236.29408003774,0 -634517.11999089224,691849.77929356066,0</gml:coordinates></gml:LinearRing></gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon></ogr:geometryProperty>\n      <ogr:NAME>WY</ogr:NAME>\n    <ogr:LONGNAME><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></ogr:LONGNAME>\n    </ogr:states>\n  </gml:featureMember>\n</ogr:FeatureCollection>\n',
  '<wfs:FeatureCollection' + 
  '   xmlns:fs="http://example.com/featureserver"' + 
  '   xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"' + 
diff --git a/tests/Format/test_KML.html b/tests/Format/test_KML.html
index 4ad1397202..1438106b6c 100644
--- a/tests/Format/test_KML.html
+++ b/tests/Format/test_KML.html
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
              "read geometry collection");
     }
 
+    function test_Format_KML_readCdataAttributes(t) {
+        t.plan(2);
+        var cdata = '<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0"><Document><Placemark><name><![CDATA[Pezinok]]></name><description><![CDATA[Full of text.]]></description><styleUrl>#rel1.0</styleUrl><Point> <coordinates>17.266666, 48.283333</coordinates></Point></Placemark></Document></kml>';
+        var features = (new OpenLayers.Format.KML()).read(cdata);
+        t.eq(features[0].attributes.description, "Full of text.", "Description attribute in cdata read correctly");
+        t.eq(features[0].attributes.name, "Pezinok", "title attribute in cdata read correctly");
+        
+    }
+    
     function test_Format_KML_write(t) {
         // make sure id, name, and description are preserved
         t.plan(1);