diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e409ce8c53..d2108afede 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 
 - Support for chart fill color - @CrazyBite [#158](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/158)
+- Support for read Hyperlink for xml - [@GreatHumorist](https://github.com/GreatHumorist) [#223](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/223)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/docs/references/features-cross-reference.md b/docs/references/features-cross-reference.md
index 7ab9d068c6..a02558b3c9 100644
--- a/docs/references/features-cross-reference.md
+++ b/docs/references/features-cross-reference.md
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@
 		<td style="padding-left: 1em;">Hyperlinks</td>
 		<td style="text-align: center; color: green;">✔</td>
 		<td style="text-align: center; color: green;">✔</td>
-		<td style="text-align: center; color: red;">✖</td>
+		<td style="text-align: center; color: green;">✔</td>
 		<td style="text-align: center; color: green;">✔</td>
 		<td style="text-align: center; color: red;">✖</td>
 		<td style="text-align: center; color: red;">✖</td>
@@ -1496,4 +1496,4 @@
 </table>
 
 1. Only BIFF8 files support Rich Text. Prior to that, comments could only be plain text
-2. Only BIFF8 files support alignment and rotation. Prior to that, comments could only be unformatted text
\ No newline at end of file
+2. Only BIFF8 files support alignment and rotation. Prior to that, comments could only be unformatted text
diff --git a/samples/templates/Excel2003XMLTest.xml b/samples/templates/Excel2003XMLTest.xml
index d386a0cfd4..fb75ab06a8 100644
--- a/samples/templates/Excel2003XMLTest.xml
+++ b/samples/templates/Excel2003XMLTest.xml
@@ -549,7 +549,9 @@
                     <Data ss:Type="String">AE</Data>
                 </Cell>
                 <Cell ss:StyleID="ce5"/>
-                <Cell ss:StyleID="ce5"/>
+                <Cell ss:StyleID="ce5" ss:HRef="http://phpspreadsheet.readthedocs.io/">
+                    <Data ss:Type="String">PhpSpreadsheet</Data>
+                </Cell>
                 <Cell ss:StyleID="ce5"/>
                 <Cell ss:StyleID="ce5"/>
                 <Cell ss:StyleID="ce5"/>
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php
index d9368d02f3..2fd7ef6cdf 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php
@@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ public function loadIntoExisting($pFilename, Spreadsheet $spreadsheet)
                             }
                         }
 
+                        if (isset($cell_ss['HRef'])) {
+                            $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell($cellRange)->getHyperlink()->setUrl($cell_ss['HRef']);
+                        }
+
                         if ((isset($cell_ss['MergeAcross'])) || (isset($cell_ss['MergeDown']))) {
                             $columnTo = $columnID;
                             if (isset($cell_ss['MergeAcross'])) {
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XEEValidatorTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XEEValidatorTest.php
index 372e51bbcf..59eabdf21f 100644
--- a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XEEValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XEEValidatorTest.php
@@ -2,11 +2,35 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader;
 
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\BaseReader;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
 use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
 
 class XEEValidatorTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Spreadsheet
+     */
+    private $spreadsheetXEETest;
+
+    /**
+     * @return Spreadsheet
+     */
+    protected function loadXEETestFile()
+    {
+        if (!$this->spreadsheetXEETest) {
+            $filename = '../samples/templates/Excel2003XMLTest.xml';
+
+            // Load into this instance
+            $reader = new Xml();
+            $this->spreadsheetXEETest = $reader->load($filename);
+        }
+
+        return $this->spreadsheetXEETest;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider providerInvalidXML
      * @expectedException \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Exception
@@ -53,4 +77,19 @@ public function providerValidXML()
 
         return $tests;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if it can read XML Hyperlink correctly.
+     */
+    public function testReadHyperlinks()
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = $this->loadXEETestFile();
+        $firstSheet = $spreadsheet->getSheet(0);
+
+        $hyperlink = $firstSheet->getCell('L1');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(DataType::TYPE_STRING, $hyperlink->getDataType());
+        $this->assertEquals('PhpSpreadsheet', $hyperlink->getValue());
+        $this->assertEquals('http://phpspreadsheet.readthedocs.io/', $hyperlink->getHyperlink()->getUrl());
+    }
 }