diff --git a/src/lang/string.js b/src/lang/string.js
index 2798bcc..b9c5f50 100644
--- a/src/lang/string.js
+++ b/src/lang/string.js
@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ Object.extend(String.prototype, (function() {
    *  String#stripTags() -> String
    *
    *  Strips a string of any HTML tag.
+   *  Note that `stripTags` will only strip HTML4.01 tags (such as - div, span and abbr)
+   *  It will not strip namespace-prefixed tags such as "h:table" or "xsl:template"
   **/
   function stripTags() {
-    return this.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
+    return this.replace(/<\w+(\s+("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>])+)?>|<\/\w+>/gi, '');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/unit/string_test.js b/test/unit/string_test.js
index 5d7ce33..93308a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/string_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/string_test.js
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ new Test.Unit.Runner({
     this.assertEqual('hello world', '<a href="#" onclick="moo!">hello</a> world'.stripTags());
     this.assertEqual('hello world', 'h<b><em>e</em></b>l<i>l</i>o w<span class="moo" id="x"><b>o</b></span>rld'.stripTags());
     this.assertEqual('1\n2', '1\n2'.stripTags());
+    this.assertEqual('one < two blah baz', 'one < two <a href="#" title="foo > bar">blah</a> <input disabled>baz'.stripTags());
   },
   
   testStripScripts: function() {