diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3230b1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+---
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [trim-text]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [trim-text]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 2 * * 1' # At 02:00 on Monday
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        node-version: [18, 20, 21]
+        include:
+          - os: macos-latest
+            node-version: 18 # LTS
+          - os: windows-latest
+            node-version: 18 # LTS
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # tag=v4.1.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - name: Bootstrap project
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+      - name: Build project
+        run: npm run --ignore-scripts build
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: npm test --ignore-scripts
+      - name: Coveralls Parallel
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@3dfc5567390f6fa9267c0ee9c251e4c8c3f18949 # tag=v2.2.3
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+          flag-name: run-${{ matrix.os }}-node@${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          path-to-lcov: ${{ github.workspace }}/coverage/lcov.info
+          parallel: true
+    
+  posttest:
+    name: Post-Test
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Coveralls Finish
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@3dfc5567390f6fa9267c0ee9c251e4c8c3f18949 # tag=v2.2.3
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+          parallel-finished: true
+
+  commit-lint:
+    name: Commit Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # tag=v4.1.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Use Node.js 18
+        uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Bootstrap project
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+      - name: Verify commit linting
+        run: npx commitlint --from origin/master --to HEAD --verbose
+
+  codeql:
+    name: CodeQL
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # See: https://github.com/github/codeql-action/blob/008b2cc71c4cf3401f45919d8eede44a65b4a322/README.md#usage
+      security-events: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # tag=v4.1.1
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@8a470fddafa5cbb6266ee11b37ef4d8aae19c571 # v3.24.6
+      with:
+        languages: 'javascript'
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yaml
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@8a470fddafa5cbb6266ee11b37ef4d8aae19c571 # v3.24.6
diff --git a/src/parser/xmlHandler.js b/src/parser/xmlHandler.js
index 2a2e7044..0025b680 100644
--- a/src/parser/xmlHandler.js
+++ b/src/parser/xmlHandler.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class XMLHandler {
    * @param {Object} [options.date]
    * @param {Object} [options.date.timezone]
    * @param {boolean} [options.date.timezone.enabled]
+   * @param {boolean} [options.trimText]
    */
   constructor(schemas, options) {
     this.schemas = schemas || {};
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class XMLHandler {
     this.options.date = this.options.date || {};
     this.options.date.timezone = this.options.date.timezone || {};
     this.options.date.timezone.enabled = typeof this.options.date.timezone.enabled === 'boolean' ? this.options.date.timezone.enabled : true;
+    this.options.trimText = typeof this.options.trimText === 'boolean' ? this.options.trimText : true;
   }
 
   jsonToXml(node, nsContext, descriptor, val) {
@@ -709,7 +711,9 @@ class XMLHandler {
     };
 
     p.ontext = function(text) {
-      text = text && text.trim();
+      if (self.options.trimText) {
+        text = text && text.trim();
+      }
       if (!text.length)
         return;