diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java
index b90c4e6..56bf541 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20Parser.java
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public class RSS20Parser extends RSS094Parser {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isMyType(final Document document) {
-        return rootElementMatches(document) && versionMatches(document);
+        return rootElementMatches(document)
+               && (versionMatches(document) || versionAbsent(document));
     }
 
     private boolean rootElementMatches(final Document document) {
@@ -63,4 +64,8 @@ public class RSS20Parser extends RSS094Parser {
         return (version != null)
                && version.getValue().trim().startsWith(getRSSVersion());
     }
+
+    private boolean versionAbsent(final Document document) {
+        return document.getRootElement().getAttribute("version") == null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java b/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java
index fff46c7..4493de2 100644
--- a/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java
+++ b/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/RSS20ParserTest.java
@@ -44,4 +44,10 @@ public class RSS20ParserTest {
         document.setRootElement(new Element("rss").setAttribute("version", "2.0test"));
         assertTrue(parser.isMyType(document));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsMyTypeVersionAbsent() {
+        document.setRootElement(new Element("rss"));
+        assertTrue(parser.isMyType(document));
+    }
 }