diff --git a/djangorestframework/parsers.py b/djangorestframework/parsers.py
index c218e5ee5..c5eefaec2 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/parsers.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/parsers.py
@@ -189,11 +189,38 @@ class XMLParser(BaseParser):
         """
         data = {}
         tree = ET.parse(stream)
-        for child in tree.getroot().getchildren():
-            data[child.tag] = self._type_convert(child.text)
-			
+        data = self._xml_convert(tree.getroot())
+        	
         return (data, None)
 		
+    def _xml_convert(self, element):
+        """
+        convert the xml `element` into the corresponding python object 
+        
+        `data` The python object representation of xml `element`.
+        """
+        
+        children = element.getchildren()
+        
+        if len(children) == 0:
+            return self._type_convert(element.text)
+        else:
+            if element.tag == "resource":
+                data = []
+                for child in children:
+                    data.append(self._xml_convert(child))
+            else:    
+                if children[0].tag == "resource":
+                    data = []
+                    for child in children:
+                       data.append(self._xml_convert(child))                       
+                else:    
+                    data = {}
+                    for child in children:
+                       data[child.tag] = self._xml_convert(child)
+
+            return data
+        
     def _type_convert(self, value):
         """
         Converts the value returned by the XMl parse into the equivalent