diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/OPML11Parser.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/OPML11Parser.java
index 472c5b4c..c947511f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/OPML11Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/OPML11Parser.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.commafeed.backend.rome;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.jdom2.Document;
 import org.jdom2.Element;
 
 import com.rometools.opml.io.impl.OPML10Parser;
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.WireFeed;
+import com.rometools.rome.io.FeedException;
 
 /**
  * Support for OPML 1.1 parsing
@@ -26,4 +30,10 @@ public class OPML11Parser extends OPML10Parser {
 		return false;
 
 	};
+
+	@Override
+	public WireFeed parse(Document document, boolean validate, Locale locale) throws IllegalArgumentException, FeedException {
+		document.getRootElement().getChildren().add(new Element("head"));
+		return super.parse(document, validate, locale);
+	}
 }