diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
index 8d33a679..170a00b3 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
@@ -455,6 +455,16 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
 
       XmlDocument newDoc = (XmlDocument)JsonConvert.DeserializeXmlNode(strJSON);
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void MultipleRootPropertiesAddRootElement()
+    {
+      string strJSON = @"{""count"": 773840,""photos"": 773840}";
+
+      XmlDocument newDoc = (XmlDocument)JsonConvert.DeserializeXmlNode(strJSON, "myRoot");
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(@"<myRoot><count>773840</count><photos>773840</photos></myRoot>", newDoc.InnerXml);
+    }
   }
 }
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
index 6153656e..60848f70 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
@@ -359,6 +359,5 @@ Parameter name: arrayIndex")]
 
       person = person;
     }
-
   }
 }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index 6a934ab8..45df035a 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
     private const string DeclarationName = "?xml";
     private const string JsonNamespaceUri = "http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json";
 
+    public string DeserializeRootElementName { get; set; }
+
     #region Writing
     /// <summary>
     /// Writes the JSON representation of the object.
@@ -268,12 +270,24 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
       XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
       XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(document.NameTable);
 
+      XmlNode rootNode;
+      
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DeserializeRootElementName))
+      {
+        rootNode = document.CreateElement(DeserializeRootElementName);
+        document.AppendChild(rootNode);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        rootNode = document;
+      }
+
       if (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.StartObject)
         throw new JsonSerializationException("XmlNodeConverter can only convert JSON that begins with an object.");
 
       reader.Read();
 
-      DeserializeNode(reader, document, manager, document);
+      DeserializeNode(reader, document, manager, rootNode);
 
       return document;
     }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs
index 2fa505f3..f0273eca 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs
@@ -623,8 +623,20 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
     /// <param name="value">The JSON string.</param>
     /// <returns>The deserialized XmlNode</returns>
     public static XmlNode DeserializeXmlNode(string value)
+    {
+      return DeserializeXmlNode(value, null);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deserializes the XmlNode from a JSON string nested in a root elment.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The JSON string.</param>
+    /// <param name="rootElementName">The root element name.</param>
+    /// <returns>The deserialized XmlNode</returns>
+    public static XmlNode DeserializeXmlNode(string value, string rootElementName)
     {
       XmlNodeConverter converter = new XmlNodeConverter();
+      converter.DeserializeRootElementName = rootElementName;
 
       return (XmlDocument)DeserializeObject(value, typeof(XmlDocument), converter);
     }