diff --git a/lib/nori/parser/nokogiri.rb b/lib/nori/parser/nokogiri.rb
index af45ecb..8dd9699 100644
--- a/lib/nori/parser/nokogiri.rb
+++ b/lib/nori/parser/nokogiri.rb
@@ -44,13 +44,20 @@ def characters(string)
 
         alias cdata_block characters
 
+        def error(message)
+          raise message unless (invalid_chr = message[/PCDATA invalid Char value (\d+)/, 1])
+
+          characters(invalid_chr.to_i.chr)
+        end
       end
 
       def self.parse(xml, options)
         document = Document.new
         document.options = options
         parser = ::Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Parser.new document
-        parser.parse xml
+        parser.parse xml do |ctx|
+          ctx.recovery = true
+        end
         document.stack.length > 0 ? document.stack.pop.to_hash : {}
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/nori/nori_spec.rb b/spec/nori/nori_spec.rb
index e673722..ce6f1b1 100644
--- a/spec/nori/nori_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/nori/nori_spec.rb
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@
         expect(parse(' ')).to eq({})
       end
 
+      it "should preserve control characters" do
+        xml = "<tag>a\u0002c</tag>".force_encoding('UTF-8')
+        expect(parse(xml)["tag"]).to eq("a\u0002c")
+      end
     end
   end