diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java b/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java
index d568fb6..b90c4e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  *
  */
+
 package com.rometools.rome.io.impl;
 
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.rss.Description;
+
 import org.jdom2.Attribute;
 import org.jdom2.Document;
 import org.jdom2.Element;
 
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.rss.Description;
-
 public class RSS20Parser extends RSS094Parser {
 
     public RSS20Parser() {
@@ -50,11 +51,16 @@ public class RSS20Parser extends RSS094Parser {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isMyType(final Document document) {
-        final Element rssRoot = document.getRootElement();
-        final Attribute version = rssRoot.getAttribute("version");
-        // as far ROME is concerned RSS 2.0, 2.00 and 2.0.X are all the same, so let's use
-        // startsWith for leniency.
-        return rssRoot.getName().equals("rss") && version != null && version.getValue().startsWith(getRSSVersion());
+        return rootElementMatches(document) && versionMatches(document);
     }
 
+    private boolean rootElementMatches(final Document document) {
+        return document.getRootElement().getName().equals("rss");
+    }
+
+    private boolean versionMatches(final Document document) {
+        final Attribute version = document.getRootElement().getAttribute("version");
+        return (version != null)
+               && version.getValue().trim().startsWith(getRSSVersion());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fff46c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.rometools.rome.io.impl;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.rometools.rome.io.WireFeedParser;
+
+import org.jdom2.Document;
+import org.jdom2.Element;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RSS20ParserTest {
+
+    private WireFeedParser parser;
+    private Document document;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        parser = new RSS20Parser();
+        document = new Document();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsMyType() {
+        document.setRootElement(new Element("rss").setAttribute("version", "2.0"));
+        assertTrue(parser.isMyType(document));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsMyTypeNotMyType() {
+        document.setRootElement(new Element("rss").setAttribute("version", "1.0"));
+        assertFalse(parser.isMyType(document));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsMyTypeVersionWithSpaces() {
+        document.setRootElement(new Element("rss").setAttribute("version", " 2.0 "));
+        assertTrue(parser.isMyType(document));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsMyTypeVersionWithTrailingText() {
+        document.setRootElement(new Element("rss").setAttribute("version", "2.0test"));
+        assertTrue(parser.isMyType(document));
+    }
+}