diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/rdfparser.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/rdfparser.js
index bbfa0f10e..b88cd641e 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/rdfparser.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/rdfparser.js
@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ $rdf.RDFParser = function (store) {
       if(dom['nodeType'] == RDFParser['nodeType']['TEXT']
         || dom['nodeType'] == RDFParser['nodeType']['CDATA_SECTION']) {
         //we have a literal
+        if(frame['parent']['nodeType'] == frame['NODE']) {
+          //must have had attributes, store as rdf:value
+          frame['addArc'](RDFParser['ns']['RDF'] + 'value');
+          frame = this['buildFrame'](frame);
+        }
         frame['addLiteral'](dom['nodeValue'])
       } else if(elementURI(dom) != RDFParser['ns']['RDF'] + "RDF") {
         // not root