diff --git a/lib/docx/document-xml-reader.js b/lib/docx/document-xml-reader.js
index bb912e43..c5472c2e 100644
--- a/lib/docx/document-xml-reader.js
+++ b/lib/docx/document-xml-reader.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ var Result = require("../results").Result;
 
 function DocumentXmlReader(options) {
     var bodyReader = options.bodyReader;
-    
+
     function convertXmlToDocument(element) {
         var body = element.first("w:body");
-        
+
         var result = bodyReader.readXmlElements(body.children)
             .map(function(children) {
                 return new documents.Document(children, {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function DocumentXmlReader(options) {
             });
         return new Result(result.value, result.messages);
     }
-    
+
     return {
         convertXmlToDocument: convertXmlToDocument
     };
diff --git a/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js b/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js
index c9fe7d3f..da9501de 100644
--- a/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js
+++ b/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js
@@ -19,27 +19,19 @@ var isText = documentMatchers.isText;
 var isTable = documentMatchers.isTable;
 var isRow = documentMatchers.isRow;
 
-var createBodyReader = require("../../lib/docx/body-reader").createBodyReader;
 var _readNumberingProperties = require("../../lib/docx/body-reader")._readNumberingProperties;
 var documents = require("../../lib/documents");
 var xml = require("../../lib/xml");
 var XmlElement = xml.Element;
-var defaultNumbering = require("../../lib/docx/numbering-xml").defaultNumbering;
 var Relationships = require("../../lib/docx/relationships-reader").Relationships;
 var Styles = require("../../lib/docx/styles-reader").Styles;
 var warning = require("../../lib/results").warning;
 
 var testing = require("../testing");
 var test = require("../test")(module);
+var createBodyReaderForTests = require("./testing").createBodyReaderForTests;
 var createFakeDocxFile = testing.createFakeDocxFile;
 
-function createBodyReaderForTests(options) {
-    options = Object.create(options || {});
-    options.styles = options.styles || new Styles({}, {});
-    options.numbering = options.numbering || defaultNumbering;
-    return createBodyReader(options);
-}
-
 function readXmlElement(element, options) {
     return createBodyReaderForTests(options).readXmlElement(element);
 }
diff --git a/test/docx/document-xml-reader.tests.js b/test/docx/document-xml-reader.tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08389e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/docx/document-xml-reader.tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+var assert = require("assert");
+
+var documents = require("../../lib/documents");
+var DocumentXmlReader = require("../../lib/docx/document-xml-reader").DocumentXmlReader;
+var xml = require("../../lib/xml");
+var test = require("../test")(module);
+var createBodyReaderForTests = require("./testing").createBodyReaderForTests;
+
+test("when body element is present then body is read", function() {
+    var bodyReader = createBodyReaderForTests({});
+    var documentXmlReader = new DocumentXmlReader({
+        bodyReader: bodyReader
+    });
+    var paragraphXml = xml.element("w:p", {}, []);
+    var bodyXml = xml.element("w:body", {}, [paragraphXml]);
+    var documentXml = xml.element("w:document", {}, [bodyXml]);
+
+    var result = documentXmlReader.convertXmlToDocument(documentXml);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(result.messages, []);
+    assert.deepEqual(result.value, documents.document(
+        [documents.paragraph([])],
+        {}
+    ));
+});
diff --git a/test/docx/testing.js b/test/docx/testing.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f1ed84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/docx/testing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+var createBodyReader = require("../../lib/docx/body-reader").createBodyReader;
+var defaultNumbering = require("../../lib/docx/numbering-xml").defaultNumbering;
+var Styles = require("../../lib/docx/styles-reader").Styles;
+
+function createBodyReaderForTests(options) {
+    options = Object.create(options || {});
+    options.styles = options.styles || new Styles({}, {});
+    options.numbering = options.numbering || defaultNumbering;
+    return createBodyReader(options);
+}
+
+exports.createBodyReaderForTests = createBodyReaderForTests;