diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/atom/Content.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/atom/Content.java
index 0519b9660..bf10a06eb 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/atom/Content.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/atom/Content.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class Content implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     private String type;
     private String value;
     private String src;
+    private String xmlBase;
 
     /** @since Atom 1.0 */
     public static final String TEXT = "text";
@@ -219,4 +220,26 @@ public String getSrc() {
     public void setSrc(final String src) {
         this.src = src;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the xmlBase
+
+     *
+     * @return Returns the xmlBase.
+     * @since Atom 1.0
+     */
+    public String getXmlBase() {
+        return xmlBase;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the xmlBase
+
+     *
+     * @param xmlBase The xmlBase to set.
+     * @since Atom 1.0
+     */
+    public void setXmlBase(final String xmlBase) {
+        this.xmlBase = xmlBase;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContent.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContent.java
index c5ec591a7..ac44b373e 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContent.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContent.java
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ public interface SyndContent extends Cloneable, CopyFrom {
      */
     void setValue(String value);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the content xmlBase.
+     * <p>
+     *
+     * @return the content xmlBase, <b>null</b> if none.
+     *
+     */
+    String getXmlBase();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the content xmlBase.
+     * <p>
+     *
+     * @param xmlBase the content xmlBase to set, <b>null</b> if none.
+     *
+     */
+    void setXmlBase(String xmlBase);
+    
     /**
      * Creates a deep clone of the object.
      * <p>
diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContentImpl.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContentImpl.java
index d257e1052..11653b6b9 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContentImpl.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/SyndContentImpl.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class SyndContentImpl implements Serializable, SyndContent {
     private String type;
     private String value;
     private String mode;
+    private String xmlBase;
 
     static {
         final Map<String, Class<?>> basePropInterfaceMap = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>();
@@ -179,6 +180,35 @@ public void setValue(final String value) {
         this.value = value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the content xmlBase.
+     * <p>
+     *
+     * @return the content xmlBase, <b>null</b> if none.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getXmlBase() {
+        return this.xmlBase;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the content xmlBase.
+     * <p>
+     *
+     * @param xmlBase the content xmlBase to set, <b>null</b> if none.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setXmlBase(final String xmlBase) {
+        this.xmlBase = xmlBase;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the Class interface
+     * 
+     * @return the class interface.
+     */
     @Override
     public Class<SyndContent> getInterface() {
         return SyndContent.class;
diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForAtom10.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForAtom10.java
index 2142d682c..c2bcbfc02 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForAtom10.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForAtom10.java
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ protected SyndContent createSyndContent(final Content content) {
         final SyndContent sContent = new SyndContentImpl();
         sContent.setType(content.getType());
         sContent.setValue(content.getValue());
+        sContent.setXmlBase(content.getXmlBase());
         return sContent;
     }
 
diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Generator.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Generator.java
index f8db783fe..d53c46bd1 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Generator.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Generator.java
@@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ protected void fillContentElement(final Element contentElement, final Content co
             }
 
         }
+
+        final String xmlBase = content.getXmlBase();
+        if (xmlBase != null) {
+            final Attribute xmlBaseAttribute = new Attribute("base", xmlBase, Namespace.XML_NAMESPACE);
+            contentElement.setAttribute(xmlBaseAttribute);
+        }
     }
 
     protected Element generateGeneratorElement(final Generator generator) {
diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Parser.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Parser.java
index 02d4ef8ca..d73550a2a 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Parser.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10Parser.java
@@ -333,11 +333,13 @@ private Content parseContent(final Element e) {
         final String value = parseTextConstructToString(e);
         final String src = getAttributeValue(e, "src");
         final String type = getAttributeValue(e, "type");
+        final String xmlBase = e.getAttributeValue("base", Namespace.XML_NAMESPACE);
 
         final Content content = new Content();
         content.setSrc(src);
         content.setType(type);
         content.setValue(value);
+        content.setXmlBase(xmlBase);
         return content;
 
     }
diff --git a/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10ParserTest.java b/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10ParserTest.java
index 1f07e9b72..dbe462741 100644
--- a/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10ParserTest.java
+++ b/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/Atom10ParserTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.atom.Entry;
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
 import com.rometools.rome.io.FeedException;
+import com.rometools.rome.io.SyndFeedInput;
+import com.rometools.rome.io.XmlReader;
 
 public class Atom10ParserTest {
 
@@ -41,4 +45,14 @@ public void testParseEntryCatchingXxe() throws IllegalArgumentException, JDOMExc
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testIssue689() throws Exception {
+        String url = "http://feeds.kottke.org/main";
+        SyndFeed feed = new SyndFeedInput().build(new XmlReader(new java.net.URL(url)));
+        for (SyndEntry e : feed.getEntries()) {
+            assertEquals("https://kottke.org/", e.getContents().iterator().next().getXmlBase());
+        }
+        
+    }
+
 }