diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElement.java b/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElement.java
index 5f4bbb7..c8a7043 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElement.java
@@ -158,9 +158,26 @@ public XMLElement setChildValue(String name, String value) {
      * @param name the tag name of the children.
      * @return an {@link Iterable} of the children.
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public Iterable<XMLElement> getChildren(String name) {
 
         // Get the child element node list
+        final NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
+
+        // Build the iterators
+        final NodeListIterator<Element> nodeListIterator = new NodeListIterator(nodes);
+        return new XMLElementByTagNameIterator(name, nodeListIterator).toIterable();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets an {@link Iterable} for the descendants of this element by tag name.
+     * @param name the tag name of the descendants.
+     * @return an {@link Iterable} of the descendants.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Iterable<XMLElement> getDescendants(String name) {
+
+        // Get the descendant element node list
         final NodeList nodes = element.getElementsByTagName(name);
 
         // Build the iterators
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementByTagNameIterator.java b/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementByTagNameIterator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e6a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementByTagNameIterator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/* This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+ *
+ * Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+ * distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
+ * binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
+ * means.
+ *
+ * In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
+ * of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
+ * software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
+ * of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
+ * successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
+ * relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
+ * software under copyright law.
+ *
+ * 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 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.
+ *
+ * For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>
+ */
+package com.jeffrodriguez.xmlwrapper;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import javax.xml.soap.Node;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * An {@link Iterator} that wraps a {@link NodeListIterator} and returns only {@link XMLElement}s with a specific tag name.
+ * Note that any call to {@link #hasNext()} will actually retrieve the next XML node(s) in the source iterator
+ * until it finds an Element with the requested tag name, or until the end of the XML.
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:git@sorin.postelnicu.net">Sorin Postelnicu</a>
+ */
+public class XMLElementByTagNameIterator implements Iterator<XMLElement> {
+
+    /**
+     * The tag name to search in the source iterator.
+     */
+    String tagName;
+    
+    /**
+     * The source iterator.
+     */
+    private final NodeListIterator<Element> iterator;
+
+    /**
+     * The next element that will be returned by this iterator, if exists.
+     */
+    private XMLElement nextElement = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link XMLElementByTagNameIterator}.
+     * @param tagName the tag name to search for in the source iterator
+     * @param iterator the {@link NodeListIterator} to wrap.
+     */
+    public XMLElementByTagNameIterator(String tagName, NodeListIterator<Element> iterator) {
+        if (tagName == null || tagName.length() == 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The tagName cannot be empty!");
+        }
+        if (iterator == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The iterator cannot be empty!");
+        }
+        this.tagName = tagName;
+        this.iterator = iterator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            Element next = iterator.next();
+            if (next.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
+                    && tagName.equals(next.getNodeName())) {
+                nextElement = new XMLElement(next);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XMLElement next() {
+        return nextElement;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void remove() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return an {@link Iterable} for this iterator.
+     */
+    public Iterable<XMLElement> toIterable() {
+        return new Iterable<XMLElement>() {
+            @Override
+            public Iterator<XMLElement> iterator() {
+                return XMLElementByTagNameIterator.this;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementTest.java b/src/test/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementTest.java
index 62dd44d..1b60e87 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/jeffrodriguez/xmlwrapper/XMLElementTest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 package com.jeffrodriguez.xmlwrapper;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-import org.junit.Before;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:jeff@jeffrodriguez.com">Jeff Rodriguez</a>
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ public void setUp() {
             .addChild("bar")
             .setAttribute("baz", "qux");
 
-         xml.getRoot()
-            .addChild("baz")
-            .setAttribute("qux", "true");
+         XMLElement baz = xml.getRoot()
+            .addChild("baz");
+         baz.setAttribute("qux", "true");
+         baz.addChild("foobar").addChild("baz");
 
          xml.getRoot()
             .addChild("baz")
@@ -194,6 +195,28 @@ public void testGetChildren() {
         assertFalse(result.hasNext());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test of getDescendants method, of class XMLElement.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDescendants() {
+        System.out.println("getDescendants");
+
+        XMLElement instance = xml.getRoot();
+        Iterator<XMLElement> result = instance.getDescendants("baz").iterator();
+
+        assertTrue(result.hasNext());
+        assertEquals("true", result.next().getAttribute("qux"));
+
+        assertTrue(result.hasNext());
+        assertEquals("", result.next().getAttribute("qux"));
+
+        assertTrue(result.hasNext());
+        assertEquals("false", result.next().getAttribute("qux"));
+
+        assertFalse(result.hasNext());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test of hasChildren method, of class XMLElement.
      */