diff --git a/lib/oga/parser.y b/lib/oga/parser.y
index e0ccd0e..8d77ca1 100644
--- a/lib/oga/parser.y
+++ b/lib/oga/parser.y
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ token T_STRING T_TEXT
 token T_DOCTYPE_START T_DOCTYPE_END T_DOCTYPE_TYPE
 token T_CDATA_START T_CDATA_END
 token T_COMMENT_START T_COMMENT_END
+token T_ELEM_OPEN T_ELEM_NAME T_ELEM_NS T_ELEM_CLOSE T_ATTR
 
 options no_result_var
 
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ rule
     : doctype
     | cdata
     | comment
+    | element
+    | text
     ;
 
   # Doctypes
@@ -70,6 +73,66 @@ rule
     | T_COMMENT_START T_TEXT T_COMMENT_END { s(:comment, val[1]) }
     ;
 
+  # Elements
+
+  element
+    # <p></p>
+    : element_open T_ELEM_CLOSE { s(:element, val[0]) }
+
+    # <p class="foo"></p>
+    | element_open attributes T_ELEM_CLOSE
+      {
+        s(:element, val[0], val[1])
+      }
+
+    # <p>foo</p>
+    | element_open text T_ELEM_CLOSE
+      {
+        s(:element, val[0], nil, val[1])
+      }
+
+    # <p class="foo">Bar</p>
+    | element_open attributes text T_ELEM_CLOSE
+      {
+        s(:element, val[0], val[1], val[2])
+      }
+    ;
+
+  element_open
+    # <p>
+    : T_ELEM_OPEN T_ELEM_NAME { [nil, val[1]] }
+
+    # <foo:p>
+    | T_ELEM_OPEN T_ELEM_NS T_ELEM_NAME { [val[1], val[2]] }
+    ;
+
+  # Attributes
+
+  attributes
+    : attributes_ { s(:attributes, val[0]) }
+    ;
+
+  attributes_
+    : attributes_ attribute { val }
+    | attribute             { val }
+    ;
+
+  attribute
+    # foo
+    : T_ATTR { s(:attribute, val[0]) }
+
+    # foo="bar"
+    | T_ATTR T_STRING { s(:attribute, val[0], val[1]) }
+    ;
+
+  # Plain text
+
+  text
+    : T_TEXT { s(:text, val[0]) }
+    ;
+
+  # Whitespace
+
   whitespaces
     : whitespaces whitespace
     | whitespace
diff --git a/spec/oga/parser/elements_spec.rb b/spec/oga/parser/elements_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb5b25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/oga/parser/elements_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Oga::Parser do
+  context 'elements' do
+    example 'parse an empty element' do
+      parse_html('<p></p>').should == s(:document, s(:element, nil, 'p'))
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with text' do
+      parse_html('<p>foo</p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(:element, nil, 'p', nil, s(:text, 'foo'))
+      )
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with a single attribute' do
+      parse_html('<p foo></p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(:element, nil, 'p', s(:attributes, s(:attribute, 'foo')))
+      )
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with a single attribute with a value' do
+      parse_html('<p foo="bar"></p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(:element, nil, 'p', s(:attributes, s(:attribute, 'foo', 'bar')))
+      )
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with multiple attributes' do
+      parse_html('<p foo="bar" baz="bad"></p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(
+          :element,
+          nil,
+          'p',
+          s(
+            :attributes,
+            s(:attribute, 'foo', 'bar'),
+            s(:attribute, 'baz', 'bad')
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with text and attributes' do
+      parse_html('<p class="foo">Bar</p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(
+          :element,
+          nil,
+          'p',
+          s(:attributes, s(:attribute, 'class', 'foo')),
+          s(:text, 'Bar')
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with a namespace' do
+      parse_html('<foo:p></p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(:element, 'foo', 'p')
+      )
+    end
+
+    example 'parse an element with a namespace and an attribute' do
+      parse_html('<foo:p class="bar"></p>').should == s(
+        :document,
+        s(:element, 'foo', 'p', s(:attributes, s(:attribute, 'class', 'bar')))
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end