diff --git a/build/kint.phar b/build/kint.phar
index ad12ad5fc..d6c1843a9 100644
Binary files a/build/kint.phar and b/build/kint.phar differ
diff --git a/src/Parser/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php b/src/Parser/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php
index a4ad6d623..db6f9b9c1 100644
--- a/src/Parser/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php
+++ b/src/Parser/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ public function parse(&$var, Value &$o, int $trigger): void
             }
         }
 
-        $x->addRepresentation($a, 0);
+        if ($a->contents) {
+            $x->addRepresentation($a, 0);
+        }
 
         // Children
         $c = new Representation('Children');
@@ -195,14 +197,14 @@ public function parse(&$var, Value &$o, int $trigger): void
 
                 $s = $this->parser->parse($value, $base_obj);
                 $srep = $s->getRepresentation('contents');
-                $svalrep = $s->value && 'contents' == $s->value->getName() ? $s : null;
+                $svalrep = $s->value && 'contents' == $s->value->getName() ? $s->value : null;
 
                 if ($srep || $svalrep) {
                     $x->setIsStringValue(true);
                     $x->value = $srep ?: $svalrep;
 
                     if ($srep) {
-                        $x->replaceRepresentation($x->value, 0);
+                        $x->replaceRepresentation($srep, 0);
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Renderer/Rich/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php b/src/Renderer/Rich/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87d987079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Renderer/Rich/SimpleXMLElementPlugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Jonathan Vollebregt (jnvsor@gmail.com), Rokas Šleinius (raveren@gmail.com)
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+namespace Kint\Renderer\Rich;
+
+use Kint\Zval\BlobValue;
+use Kint\Zval\SimpleXMLElementValue;
+use Kint\Zval\Value;
+
+class SimpleXMLElementPlugin extends AbstractPlugin implements ValuePluginInterface
+{
+    public function renderValue(Value $o): ?string
+    {
+        if (!($o instanceof SimpleXMLElementValue)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (!$o->isStringValue() || !empty($o->getRepresentation('attributes')->contents)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $b = new BlobValue();
+        $b->transplant($o);
+        $b->type = 'string';
+
+        $children = $this->renderer->renderChildren($b);
+        $header = $this->renderer->renderHeader($o);
+        $header = $this->renderer->renderHeaderWrapper($o, (bool) \strlen($children), $header);
+
+        return '<dl>'.$header.$children.'</dl>';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Renderer/RichRenderer.php b/src/Renderer/RichRenderer.php
index 4ef045f46..ecedb40b5 100644
--- a/src/Renderer/RichRenderer.php
+++ b/src/Renderer/RichRenderer.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class RichRenderer extends AbstractRenderer
         'color' => Rich\ColorPlugin::class,
         'depth_limit' => Rich\DepthLimitPlugin::class,
         'recursion' => Rich\RecursionPlugin::class,
+        'simplexml_element' => Rich\SimpleXMLElementPlugin::class,
         'trace_frame' => Rich\TraceFramePlugin::class,
     ];
 
diff --git a/src/Zval/SimpleXMLElementValue.php b/src/Zval/SimpleXMLElementValue.php
index 97d778ee3..0f152230e 100644
--- a/src/Zval/SimpleXMLElementValue.php
+++ b/src/Zval/SimpleXMLElementValue.php
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ class SimpleXMLElementValue extends InstanceValue
 
     protected $is_string_value = false;
 
+    public function isStringValue(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->is_string_value;
+    }
+
     public function setIsStringValue(bool $is_string_value): void
     {
         $this->is_string_value = $is_string_value;