diff --git a/Objective-J/plist.js b/Objective-J/plist.js
index fb77aa7a6..625e10b34 100644
--- a/Objective-J/plist.js
+++ b/Objective-J/plist.js
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ var XML_XML                 = "xml",
     PLIST_BOOLEAN_FALSE     = "false",
     PLIST_NUMBER_REAL       = "real",
     PLIST_NUMBER_INTEGER    = "integer";
+    PLIST_DATA              = "data";
 
 #if RHINO
 
@@ -409,6 +410,9 @@ function CPPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(XMLNodeOrData)
             case PLIST_BOOLEAN_FALSE:   object = false;
                                         break;
                                         
+            case PLIST_DATA:            object = FIRST_CHILD(XMLNode) ? CHILD_VALUE(XMLNode) : ""; // FIXME: temporary fix for NIBs with <data> tags
+                                        break;
+                                        
             default:                    objj_exception_throw(new objj_exception(OBJJPlistParseException, "*** " + NODE_NAME(XMLNode) + " tag not recognized in Plist."));
         }