diff --git a/core/src/java/org/jdom/input/SAXHandler.java b/core/src/java/org/jdom/input/SAXHandler.java
index ef57ba84a..c55f75506 100644
--- a/core/src/java/org/jdom/input/SAXHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/java/org/jdom/input/SAXHandler.java
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
         if (suppress || (length == 0))
             return;
 
-        if (previousCDATA != inCDATA) {
+        if (previousCDATA != inCDATA || (ch[start] == '>' || (ch[start] == ']' && length > 1 && ch[start+1] == '>') )) {
             flushCharacters();
         }