diff --git a/tests/app/xhr/xhr-tests.ts b/tests/app/xhr/xhr-tests.ts
index 15e4fe2fc..f5a8dca8d 100644
--- a/tests/app/xhr/xhr-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/xhr/xhr-tests.ts
@@ -383,3 +383,10 @@ export function test_getResponseHeader() {
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type"), "application/json");
 };
+
+export function test_soap_content_types_recognized_as_text() {
+    const xhr = <any>new XMLHttpRequest();
+
+    TKUnit.assertTrue(xhr.isTextContentType("text/xml"), "text/xml failed to be recognized as a text response type");
+    TKUnit.assertTrue(xhr.isTextContentType("application/xml"), "application/xml failed to be recognized as a text response type");
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/xhr/xhr.ts b/tns-core-modules/xhr/xhr.ts
index 2beeaa1c5..8f5255447 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/xhr/xhr.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/xhr/xhr.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export class XMLHttpRequest {
     private textTypes: string[] = [
         'text/plain',
         'application/xml',
-        'text/html'
+        'text/html',
+        'text/xml'
     ];
 
     private isTextContentType(contentType: string): boolean {