diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2b1a9cb..d43e73b8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ language: swift
 env:
   global:
   - FRAMEWORK_NAME=CoreXLSX
-  - SCHEME=CoreXLSX
 
 jobs:
   include:
@@ -36,13 +35,13 @@ jobs:
     script:
       - carthage bootstrap
       - >
-        xcodebuild test -scheme $SCHEME
+        xcodebuild build -scheme CoreXLSXiOS \
         -sdk iphonesimulator -destination "$IOS_DEVICE" | xcpretty
       - >
-        xcodebuild test -scheme $SCHEME
+        xcodebuild build -scheme CoreXSLXtvOS
         -sdk appletvsimulator -destination "$TVOS_DEVICE" | xcpretty
       - >
-        xcodebuild test -enableCodeCoverage YES -scheme $SCHEME 
+        xcodebuild test -enableCodeCoverage YES -scheme CoreXLSX
         -sdk macosx | xcpretty
   - <<: *test
     osx_image: xcode10.1
@@ -59,13 +58,13 @@ jobs:
       - TESTS_PATH=$PWD/Tests/CoreXLSXTests swift test
       - carthage bootstrap
       - >
-        xcodebuild test -scheme $SCHEME
+        xcodebuild build -scheme CoreXLSXiOS
         -sdk iphonesimulator -destination "$IOS_DEVICE" | xcpretty
       - >
-        xcodebuild test -scheme $SCHEME
+        xcodebuild build -scheme CoreXSLXtvOS
         -sdk appletvsimulator -destination "$TVOS_DEVICE" | xcpretty
       - >
-        xcodebuild test -enableCodeCoverage YES -scheme $SCHEME 
+        xcodebuild test -enableCodeCoverage YES -scheme CoreXLSX
         -sdk macosx | xcpretty
     after_success:
     - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
diff --git a/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/CoreXLSX.swift b/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/CoreXLSX.swift
index a6474a96..f5cbb14b 100644
--- a/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/CoreXLSX.swift
+++ b/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/CoreXLSX.swift
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ final class CoreXLSXTests: XCTestCase {
     let rowsRange: ClosedRange<UInt> = 3...10
     let cellsInRange = ws.cells(atColumns: closedRange2, rows: rowsRange)
     XCTAssertEqual(cellsInRange.count, closedRange2.count * rowsRange.count)
+
+    let strings = try file.parseSharedStrings()
+    XCTAssertEqual(strings.items.count, 18)
   }
 
   func testLegacyPublicAPI() throws {
diff --git a/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/SharedStrings.swift b/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/SharedStrings.swift
index ba657c30..bbc202a1 100644
--- a/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/SharedStrings.swift
+++ b/Tests/CoreXLSXTests/SharedStrings.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ private let parsed = SharedStrings(uniqueCount: 18, items: [
 private let columnC = ["Name", "Andy", "Andy", "Andy", "Andy", "Andy",
                        "Chloe", "Chloe", "Chloe", "Chloe", "Chloe"]
 
+private let spacePreserveXML =
+"""
+<sst uniqueCount="1">
+  <si>
+    <r>
+      <rPr>
+        <sz val="10"/>
+        <color indexed="8"/>
+        <rFont val="Helvetica Neue"/>
+      </rPr>
+      <t xml:space="preserve"> the </t>
+    </r>
+  </si>
+</sst>
+""".data(using: .utf8)!
+
 final class SharedStringsTests: XCTestCase {
   func testSharedStrings() throws {
     guard let file =
@@ -76,6 +92,12 @@ final class SharedStringsTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertEqual(columnC, columnCStrings)
   }
 
+  func testSpacePreserve() throws {
+    let decoder = XMLDecoder()
+    let strings = try decoder.decode(SharedStrings.self, from: spacePreserveXML)
+    XCTAssertEqual(strings.items.count, 1)
+  }
+
   static let allTests = [
     ("testSharedStrings", testSharedStrings),
     ("testSharedStringsOrder", testSharedStringsOrder),