diff --git a/lib/xlsxir/parse_worksheet.ex b/lib/xlsxir/parse_worksheet.ex
index 1e24ec7..4ce84b8 100644
--- a/lib/xlsxir/parse_worksheet.ex
+++ b/lib/xlsxir/parse_worksheet.ex
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ defmodule Xlsxir.ParseWorksheet do
         case attr do
           {:attribute, 's', _, _, style} ->
             Map.put(acc, "s", find_styles(styles_tid, List.to_integer(style)))
+
           {:attribute, key, _, _, ref} ->
             Map.put(acc, to_string(key), ref)
         end
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ defmodule Xlsxir.ParseWorksheet do
     %{state | value_type: nil}
   end
 
+  def sax_event_handler({:startElement, _, 'is', _, _}, state, _, _),
+    do: %{state | value_type: :value}
+
   def sax_event_handler({:characters, value}, state, _, _) do
     case state do
       nil -> nil
diff --git a/test/xlsxir_test.exs b/test/xlsxir_test.exs
index 70d3a36..3090e76 100644
--- a/test/xlsxir_test.exs
+++ b/test/xlsxir_test.exs
@@ -147,4 +147,14 @@ defmodule XlsxirTest do
              [123, "baz"]
            ]
   end
+
+  test "parses inline strings" do
+    {:ok, pid} = multi_extract("test/test_data/noShared.xlsx", 0)
+    on_exit(fn -> close(pid) end)
+    map = get_map(pid)
+
+    assert map["A1"] == "Generated Doc"
+    assert map["B2"] == "pre 2008"
+    assert map["B3"] == "https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg278314.aspx"
+  end
 end