diff --git a/source/std/experimental/xml/cursor.d b/source/std/experimental/xml/cursor.d
index 5c65baf..8e8919b 100644
--- a/source/std/experimental/xml/cursor.d
+++ b/source/std/experimental/xml/cursor.d
@@ -237,7 +237,11 @@ struct Cursor(P, Flag!"conflateCDATA" conflateCDATA = Yes.conflateCDATA, ErrorHa
         }
         else if (currentNode.kind == XMLKind.elementStart)
         {
-            return advanceInput() && currentNode.kind != XMLKind.elementEnd;
+            advanceInput();
+            if (currentNode.kind != XMLKind.elementEnd)
+                return true;
+            currentNode.kind = XMLKind.elementEmpty;
+            return false;
         }
         else if (currentNode.kind == XMLKind.dtdStart)
         {
diff --git a/source/std/experimental/xml/domparser.d b/source/std/experimental/xml/domparser.d
index 69fe53b..efb3d14 100644
--- a/source/std/experimental/xml/domparser.d
+++ b/source/std/experimental/xml/domparser.d
@@ -260,4 +260,30 @@ unittest
 
     assert(doc.getElementsByTagName("ccc").length == 1);
     assert(doc.documentElement.getAttribute("xmlns:myns") == "something");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+    import std.experimental.xml.lexers;
+    import std.experimental.xml.parser;
+    import std.experimental.xml.cursor;
+    import std.experimental.allocator.gc_allocator;
+    import domimpl = std.experimental.xml.domimpl;
+
+    alias DOMImplType = domimpl.DOMImplementation!string;
+
+    auto xml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><tag></tag>`;
+    auto builder =
+         xml
+        .lexer
+        .parser
+        .cursor
+        .copyingCursor
+        .domBuilder(new DOMImplType());
+
+    builder.setSource(xml);
+    builder.buildRecursive;
+    auto doc = builder.getDocument;
+
+    assert(doc.childNodes.length == 1);
+}