diff --git a/lib/saxlsx/rows_collection_parser.rb b/lib/saxlsx/rows_collection_parser.rb
index 7fb6372..5c3a4e6 100644
--- a/lib/saxlsx/rows_collection_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/saxlsx/rows_collection_parser.rb
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@ def initialize(workbook, &block)
 
     def start_element(name)
       @current_element = name
-
-      if name == :row
+      case name
+      when :row
         @current_row = []
         @next_column = 'A'
-      end
-
-      if name == :c
+      when :c
         @current_type = nil
         @current_number_format = nil
       end
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ def attr(name, value)
     end
 
     def text(value)
-      if @current_row && @current_element == :v
+      if @current_row && (@current_element == :v || @current_element == :t)
         while @next_column != @current_column
           @current_row << nil
           @next_column = ColumnNameGenerator.next_to(@next_column)
@@ -96,7 +94,9 @@ def text(value)
     def value_of(text)
       case @current_type
       when 's'
-        @shared_strings[text.to_i] || text
+        @shared_strings[text.to_i]
+      when 'inlineStr'
+        text
       when 'b'
         BooleanParser.parse text
       else
diff --git a/spec/data/SpecInlineStrings.xlsx b/spec/data/SpecInlineStrings.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5091d5
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/data/SpecInlineStrings.xlsx differ
diff --git a/spec/sheet_spec.rb b/spec/sheet_spec.rb
index f89cbb3..f5a9826 100644
--- a/spec/sheet_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sheet_spec.rb
@@ -104,4 +104,18 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context 'with inline strings' do
+    let(:filename) { "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/data/SpecInlineStrings.xlsx" }
+
+    it 'should read inline strings' do
+      Workbook.open filename do |w|
+        w.sheets[0].tap do |s|
+          s.rows[0].should eq [
+            'Test'
+          ]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
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