diff --git a/spec/stopNodes_spec.js b/spec/stopNodes_spec.js
index ec2da913..594c0ec5 100644
--- a/spec/stopNodes_spec.js
+++ b/spec/stopNodes_spec.js
@@ -414,4 +414,46 @@ describe("XMLParser StopNodes", function () {
     // console.log(JSON.stringify(jObj, null, 4));
     expect(jObj).toEqual(expected);
   });
+  it("should parse attributes correctly for self closing stop node", function() {
+        
+    const xmlData = `<script/>`;
+    const options = {
+        allowBooleanAttributes: true,
+        ignoreAttributes: false,
+        stopNodes: ["*.pre", "*.script"],
+    };
+    const expected = {
+      "script": ""
+    }
+    const parser = new XMLParser(options);
+    // console.log(JSON.stringify(parser.parse(xml)));
+    
+    let result = parser.parse(xmlData);
+
+    // console.log(JSON.stringify(result,null,4));
+    expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+
+  });
+  it("should parse attributes correctly for self closing stop node", function() {
+        
+    const xmlData = `<script src="some.js" />`;
+    const options = {
+        allowBooleanAttributes: true,
+        ignoreAttributes: false,
+        stopNodes: ["*.pre", "*.script"],
+    };
+    const expected = {
+      "script": {
+          "@_src": "some.js"
+      }
+    }
+    const parser = new XMLParser(options);
+    // console.log(JSON.stringify(parser.parse(xml)));
+    
+    let result = parser.parse(xmlData);
+
+    // console.log(JSON.stringify(result,null,4));
+    expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
index 7d1177f9..ffd3f24f 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
@@ -311,10 +311,18 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
           let tagContent = "";
           //self-closing tag
           if(tagExp.length > 0 && tagExp.lastIndexOf("/") === tagExp.length - 1){
+            if(tagName[tagName.length - 1] === "/"){ //remove trailing '/'
+              tagName = tagName.substr(0, tagName.length - 1);
+              jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.length - 1);
+              tagExp = tagName;
+            }else{
+              tagExp = tagExp.substr(0, tagExp.length - 1);
+            }
             i = result.closeIndex;
           }
           //unpaired tag
           else if(this.options.unpairedTags.indexOf(tagName) !== -1){
+            
             i = result.closeIndex;
           }
           //normal tag