diff --git a/src/xml/parsers.rs b/src/xml/parsers.rs
index 232ebd0..8bd07a8 100644
--- a/src/xml/parsers.rs
+++ b/src/xml/parsers.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'s> Parser<'s, NCName<'s>> for NCName<'s> {
         map(
             recognize(pair(
                 recognize(NameStartChar::parse).and_then(satisfy(|c| c != ':')),
-                many_till(NameChar::parse, peek(char(':'))),
+                many0(recognize(NameChar::parse).and_then(satisfy(|c| c != ':'))),
             )),
             |nc_name| NCName(nc_name),
         )(input)