diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/RSS090DescriptionConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/RSS090DescriptionConverter.java
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index 00000000..434986ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/RSS090DescriptionConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.rome;
+
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.rss.Description;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.rss.Item;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndContentImpl;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS090;
+
+public class RSS090DescriptionConverter extends ConverterForRSS090 {
+
+	@Override
+	protected SyndEntry createSyndEntry(Item item, boolean preserveWireItem) {
+		SyndEntry entry = super.createSyndEntry(item, preserveWireItem);
+		Description desc = item.getDescription();
+		if (desc != null) {
+			SyndContentImpl syndDesc = new SyndContentImpl();
+			syndDesc.setValue(desc.getValue());
+			entry.setDescription(syndDesc);
+		}
+		return entry;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/RSS090DescriptionParser.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/RSS090DescriptionParser.java
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index 00000000..055bf19f
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+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/rome/RSS090DescriptionParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.rome;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.rss.Description;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.rss.Item;
+import com.sun.syndication.io.impl.RSS090Parser;
+
+public class RSS090DescriptionParser extends RSS090Parser {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Item parseItem(Element rssRoot, Element eItem) {
+		Item item = super.parseItem(rssRoot, eItem);
+
+		Element e = eItem.getChild("description", getRSSNamespace());
+		if (e != null) {
+			Description desc = new Description();
+			desc.setValue(e.getText());
+			item.setDescription(desc);
+		}
+
+		return item;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/rome.properties b/src/main/resources/rome.properties
index b735daff..642ea1b5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/rome.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/rome.properties
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-WireFeedParser.classes=com.commafeed.backend.rome.OPML11Parser com.commafeed.backend.rome.RSSRDF10Parser
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+WireFeedParser.classes= com.commafeed.backend.rome.OPML11Parser \
+						com.commafeed.backend.rome.RSSRDF10Parser \
+						com.commafeed.backend.rome.RSS090DescriptionParser
+						
+						
+Converter.classes=	com.commafeed.backend.rome.RSS090DescriptionConverter
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