diff --git a/libnmap/parser.py b/libnmap/parser.py
index 21f6a12..ebeab25 100644
--- a/libnmap/parser.py
+++ b/libnmap/parser.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ def _parse_xml(cls, nmap_data=None, incomplete=False):
                 "wrong nmap_data type given as argument: cannot parse data"
             )
 
-        if incomplete is True:
+        last_line = [i for i in nmap_data.split("\n") if i][-1]
+        if incomplete is True and not last_line.endswith("</nmaprun>"):
             nmap_data += "</nmaprun>"
 
         try:
diff --git a/libnmap/test/files/1_hosts_incomplete.xml b/libnmap/test/files/1_hosts_incomplete.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bbe32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnmap/test/files/1_hosts_incomplete.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="file:///usr/share/nmap/nmap.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!-- Nmap 5.51 scan initiated Sun Feb 24 21:39:37 2013 as: nmap -sT -vv -oX 1_hosts.xml localhost -->
+<nmaprun scanner="nmap" args="nmap -sT -vv -oX 1_hosts.xml localhost" start="1361738377" startstr="Sun Feb 24 21:39:37 2013" version="5.51" xmloutputversion="1.03">
+<scaninfo type="connect" protocol="tcp" numservices="1000" services="1,3-4,6-7,9,13,17,19-26,30,32-33,37,42-43,49,53,70,79-85,88-90,99-100,106,109-111,113,119,125,135,139,143-144,146,161,163,179,199,211-212,222,254-256,259,264,280,301,306,311,340,366,389,406-407,416-417,425,427,443-445,458,464-465,481,497,500,512-515,524,541,543-545,548,554-555,563,587,593,616-617,625,631,636,646,648,666-668,683,687,691,700,705,711,714,720,722,726,749,765,777,783,787,800-801,808,843,873,880,888,898,900-903,911-912,981,987,990,992-993,995,999-1002,1007,1009-1011,1021-1100,1102,1104-1108,1110-1114,1117,1119,1121-1124,1126,1130-1132,1137-1138,1141,1145,1147-1149,1151-1152,1154,1163-1166,1169,1174-1175,1183,1185-1187,1192,1198-1199,1201,1213,1216-1218,1233-1234,1236,1244,1247-1248,1259,1271-1272,1277,1287,1296,1300-1301,1309-1311,1322,1328,1334,1352,1417,1433-1434,1443,1455,1461,1494,1500-1501,1503,1521,1524,1533,1556,1580,1583,1594,1600,1641,1658,1666,1687-1688,1700,1717-1721,1723,1755,1761,1782-1783,1801,1805,1812,1839-1840,1862-1864,1875,1900,1914,1935,1947,1971-1972,1974,1984,1998-2010,2013,2020-2022,2030,2033-2035,2038,2040-2043,2045-2049,2065,2068,2099-2100,2103,2105-2107,2111,2119,2121,2126,2135,2144,2160-2161,2170,2179,2190-2191,2196,2200,2222,2251,2260,2288,2301,2323,2366,2381-2383,2393-2394,2399,2401,2492,2500,2522,2525,2557,2601-2602,2604-2605,2607-2608,2638,2701-2702,2710,2717-2718,2725,2800,2809,2811,2869,2875,2909-2910,2920,2967-2968,2998,3000-3001,3003,3005-3007,3011,3013,3017,3030-3031,3052,3071,3077,3128,3168,3211,3221,3260-3261,3268-3269,3283,3300-3301,3306,3322-3325,3333,3351,3367,3369-3372,3389-3390,3404,3476,3493,3517,3527,3546,3551,3580,3659,3689-3690,3703,3737,3766,3784,3800-3801,3809,3814,3826-3828,3851,3869,3871,3878,3880,3889,3905,3914,3918,3920,3945,3971,3986,3995,3998,4000-4006,4045,4111,4125-4126,4129,4224,4242,4279,4321,4343,4443-4446,4449,4550,4567,4662,4848,4899-4900,4998,5000-5004,5009,5030,5033,5050-5051,5054,5060-5061,5080,5087,5100-5102,5120,5190,5200,5214,5221-5222,5225-5226,5269,5280,5298,5357,5405,5414,5431-5432,5440,5500,5510,5544,5550,5555,5560,5566,5631,5633,5666,5678-5679,5718,5730,5800-5802,5810-5811,5815,5822,5825,5850,5859,5862,5877,5900-5904,5906-5907,5910-5911,5915,5922,5925,5950,5952,5959-5963,5987-5989,5998-6007,6009,6025,6059,6100-6101,6106,6112,6123,6129,6156,6346,6389,6502,6510,6543,6547,6565-6567,6580,6646,6666-6669,6689,6692,6699,6779,6788-6789,6792,6839,6881,6901,6969,7000-7002,7004,7007,7019,7025,7070,7100,7103,7106,7200-7201,7402,7435,7443,7496,7512,7625,7627,7676,7741,7777-7778,7800,7911,7920-7921,7937-7938,7999-8002,8007-8011,8021-8022,8031,8042,8045,8080-8090,8093,8099-8100,8180-8181,8192-8194,8200,8222,8254,8290-8292,8300,8333,8383,8400,8402,8443,8500,8600,8649,8651-8652,8654,8701,8800,8873,8888,8899,8994,9000-9003,9009-9011,9040,9050,9071,9080-9081,9090-9091,9099-9103,9110-9111,9200,9207,9220,9290,9415,9418,9485,9500,9502-9503,9535,9575,9593-9595,9618,9666,9876-9878,9898,9900,9917,9929,9943-9944,9968,9998-10004,10009-10010,10012,10024-10025,10082,10180,10215,10243,10566,10616-10617,10621,10626,10628-10629,10778,11110-11111,11967,12000,12174,12265,12345,13456,13722,13782-13783,14000,14238,14441-14442,15000,15002-15004,15660,15742,16000-16001,16012,16016,16018,16080,16113,16992-16993,17877,17988,18040,18101,18988,19101,19283,19315,19350,19780,19801,19842,20000,20005,20031,20221-20222,20828,21571,22939,23502,24444,24800,25734-25735,26214,27000,27352-27353,27355-27356,27715,28201,30000,30718,30951,31038,31337,32768-32785,33354,33899,34571-34573,35500,38292,40193,40911,41511,42510,44176,44442-44443,44501,45100,48080,49152-49161,49163,49165,49167,49175-49176,49400,49999-50003,50006,50300,50389,50500,50636,50800,51103,51493,52673,52822,52848,52869,54045,54328,55055-55056,55555,55600,56737-56738,57294,57797,58080,60020,60443,61532,61900,62078,63331,64623,64680,65000,65129,65389"/>
+<verbose level="2"/>
+<debugging level="0"/>
+<taskbegin task="Connect Scan" time="1361738377"/>
+<taskend task="Connect Scan" time="1361738377" extrainfo="1000 total ports"/>
+<host starttime="1361738377" endtime="1361738377"><status state="up" reason="localhost-response"/>
+<address addr="127.0.0.1" addrtype="ipv4"/>
+<hostnames>
+<hostname name="localhost" type="user"/>
+<hostname name="localhost" type="PTR"/>
+</hostnames>
+<ports><extraports state="closed" count="995">
+<extrareasons reason="conn-refused" count="995"/>
+</extraports>
+<port protocol="tcp" portid="22"><state state="open" reason="syn-ack" reason_ttl="0"/><service name="ssh" method="table" conf="3"/></port>
+<port protocol="tcp" portid="25"><state state="open" reason="syn-ack" reason_ttl="0"/><service name="smtp" method="table" conf="3"/></port>
+<port protocol="tcp" portid="111"><state state="open" reason="syn-ack" reason_ttl="0"/><service name="rpcbind" method="table" conf="3"/></port>
+<port protocol="tcp" portid="631"><state state="open" reason="syn-ack" reason_ttl="0"/><service name="ipp" method="table" conf="3"/></port>
+<port protocol="tcp" portid="3306"><state state="open" reason="syn-ack" reason_ttl="0"/><service name="mysql" method="table" conf="3"/></port>
+</ports>
+<times srtt="2100" rttvar="688" to="100000"/>
+</host>
+<runstats><finished time="1361738377" timestr="Sun Feb 24 21:39:37 2013" elapsed="0.14" summary="Nmap done at Sun Feb 24 21:39:37 2013; 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.14 seconds" exit="success"/><hosts up="1" down="0" total="1"/>
+</runstats>
diff --git a/libnmap/test/test_parser.py b/libnmap/test/test_parser.py
index b7f2537..59a1912 100644
--- a/libnmap/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/libnmap/test/test_parser.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.flist_full = [
             {"file": "%s/%s" % (fdir, "files/2_hosts.xml"), "hosts": 2},
             {"file": "%s/%s" % (fdir, "files/1_hosts.xml"), "hosts": 1},
+            {
+                "file": "%s/%s" % (fdir, "files/1_hosts_incomplete.xml"),
+                "hosts": 1,
+            },
             {
                 "file": "%s/%s"
                 % (fdir, "files/1_hosts_banner_ports_notsyn.xml"),
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ def test_class_parser(self):
             fd = open(testfile["file"], "r")
             s = fd.read()
             fd.close()
-            NmapParser.parse(s)
+            NmapParser.parse(s, incomplete=True)
 
     def test_class_ports_parser(self):
         pdict = NmapParser.parse(self.ports_string)