diff --git a/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/Box/KeyedBox.swift b/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/Box/KeyedBox.swift
index 408c2d9f..9d4d5156 100644
--- a/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/Box/KeyedBox.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/Box/KeyedBox.swift
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ extension KeyedBox: Box {
     }
 }
 
+extension KeyedBox {
+    var value: SimpleBox? {
+        guard
+            elements.count == 1,
+            let value = elements["value"] as? SimpleBox
+            ?? elements[""] as? SimpleBox,
+            !value.isNull else { return nil }
+        return value
+    }
+}
+
 extension KeyedBox: CustomStringConvertible {
     var description: String {
         return "{attributes: \(attributes), elements: \(elements)}"
diff --git a/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLCoderElement.swift b/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLCoderElement.swift
index fc1f5cd6..db0045c1 100644
--- a/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLCoderElement.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLCoderElement.swift
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct XMLCoderElement: Equatable {
     func flatten() -> KeyedBox {
         let attributes = self.attributes.mapValues { StringBox($0) }
 
-        let keyedElements: [String: Box] = elements.reduce([String: Box]()) { (result, element) -> [String: Box] in
+        var keyedElements = elements.reduce([String: Box]()) { (result, element) -> [String: Box] in
             var result = result
             let key = element.key
 
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ struct XMLCoderElement: Equatable {
             return result
         }
 
+        // Handle attributed unkeyed value <foo attr="bar">zap</foo>
+        // Value should be zap. Detect only when no other elements exist
+        if keyedElements.isEmpty, let value = value {
+            keyedElements["value"] = StringBox(value)
+        }
         let keyedBox = KeyedBox(elements: keyedElements, attributes: attributes)
 
         return keyedBox
diff --git a/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLKeyedDecodingContainer.swift b/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLKeyedDecodingContainer.swift
index b1f4d55d..5f5cf63d 100644
--- a/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLKeyedDecodingContainer.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLKeyedDecodingContainer.swift
@@ -126,15 +126,18 @@ struct XMLKeyedDecodingContainer<K: CodingKey>: KeyedDecodingContainerProtocol {
     public func decode<T: Decodable>(
         _ type: T.Type, forKey key: Key
     ) throws -> T {
-        let attributeNotFound = container.withShared { keyedBox in
-            keyedBox.attributes[key.stringValue] == nil
+        let attributeFound = container.withShared { keyedBox in
+            keyedBox.attributes[key.stringValue] != nil
         }
-        let elementNotFound = container.withShared { keyedBox in
-            keyedBox.elements[key.stringValue] == nil
+
+        let elementFound = container.withShared { keyedBox in
+            keyedBox.elements[key.stringValue] != nil || keyedBox.value != nil
         }
 
-        if let type = type as? AnyEmptySequence.Type, attributeNotFound,
-            elementNotFound, let result = type.init() as? T {
+        if let type = type as? AnyEmptySequence.Type,
+            !attributeFound,
+            !elementFound,
+            let result = type.init() as? T {
             return result
         }
 
@@ -163,8 +166,12 @@ struct XMLKeyedDecodingContainer<K: CodingKey>: KeyedDecodingContainerProtocol {
         _ type: T.Type,
         forKey key: Key
     ) throws -> T {
-        let elementOrNil = container.withShared { keyedBox in
-            keyedBox.elements[key.stringValue]
+        let elementOrNil = container.withShared { keyedBox -> KeyedBox.Element? in
+            if ["value", ""].contains(key.stringValue) {
+                return keyedBox.elements[key.stringValue] ?? keyedBox.value
+            } else {
+                return keyedBox.elements[key.stringValue]
+            }
         }
 
         let attributeOrNil = container.withShared { keyedBox in
diff --git a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b64ce0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+//
+//  AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift
+//  XMLCoderTests
+//
+//  Created by Joseph Mattiello on 1/23/19.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import XCTest
+@testable import XMLCoder
+
+let fooXML = """
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<foo id="123">456</foo>
+""".data(using: .utf8)!
+
+private struct Foo: Codable, DynamicNodeEncoding {
+    let id: String
+    let value: String
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case id
+        case value
+    }
+
+    static func nodeEncoding(forKey key: CodingKey) -> XMLEncoder.NodeEncoding {
+        switch key {
+        case CodingKeys.id:
+            return .attribute
+        default:
+            return .element
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private struct FooEmptyKeyed: Codable, DynamicNodeEncoding {
+    let id: String
+    let unkeyedValue: Int
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case id
+        case unkeyedValue = ""
+    }
+
+    static func nodeEncoding(forKey key: CodingKey) -> XMLEncoder.NodeEncoding {
+        switch key {
+        case CodingKeys.id:
+            return .attribute
+        default:
+            return .element
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+final class AttributedIntrinsicTest: XCTestCase {
+    func testEncode() throws {
+        let encoder = XMLEncoder()
+        encoder.outputFormatting = []
+
+        let foo1 = FooEmptyKeyed(id: "123", unkeyedValue: 456)
+
+        let header = XMLHeader(version: 1.0, encoding: "UTF-8")
+        let encoded = try encoder.encode(foo1, withRootKey: "foo", header: header)
+        let xmlString = String(data: encoded, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(xmlString)
+
+        // Test string equivalency
+        let encodedXML = xmlString!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let originalXML = String(data: fooXML, encoding: .utf8)!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        XCTAssertEqual(encodedXML, originalXML)
+    }
+
+    func testDecode() throws {
+        let decoder = XMLDecoder()
+        decoder.errorContextLength = 10
+
+        let foo1 = try decoder.decode(Foo.self, from: fooXML)
+        XCTAssertEqual(foo1.id, "123")
+        XCTAssertEqual(foo1.value, "456")
+
+        let foo2 = try decoder.decode(FooEmptyKeyed.self, from: fooXML)
+        XCTAssertEqual(foo2.id, "123")
+        XCTAssertEqual(foo2.unkeyedValue, 456)
+    }
+
+    static var allTests = [
+        ("testEncode", testEncode),
+        ("testDecode", testDecode),
+    ]
+}
+
+// MARK: - Enums
+
+let attributedEnumXML = """
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<foo><number type="string">ABC</number><number type="int">123</number></foo>
+""".data(using: .utf8)!
+
+private struct Foo2: Codable {
+    let number: [FooNumber]
+}
+
+private struct FooNumber: Codable, DynamicNodeEncoding {
+    public let type: FooEnum
+
+    public init(type: FooEnum) {
+        self.type = type
+    }
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case type
+        case typeValue = ""
+    }
+
+    public static func nodeEncoding(forKey key: CodingKey) -> XMLEncoder.NodeEncoding {
+        switch key {
+        case FooNumber.CodingKeys.type: return .attribute
+        default: return .element
+        }
+    }
+
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+
+        type = try container.decode(FooEnum.self, forKey: .type)
+    }
+
+    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        switch type {
+        case let .string(value):
+            try container.encode("string", forKey: .type)
+            try container.encode(value, forKey: .typeValue)
+        case let .int(value):
+            try container.encode("int", forKey: .type)
+            try container.encode(value, forKey: .typeValue)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private enum FooEnum: Equatable, Codable {
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case string
+        case int
+    }
+
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        if let value = try values.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .string) {
+            self = .string(value)
+            return
+        } else if let value = try values.decodeIfPresent(Int.self, forKey: .int) {
+            self = .int(value)
+            return
+        } else {
+            throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(DecodingError.Context(codingPath: decoder.codingPath,
+                                                                    debugDescription: "No coded value for string or int"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        switch self {
+        case let .string(value):
+            try container.encode(value, forKey: .string)
+        case let .int(value):
+            try container.encode(value, forKey: .int)
+        }
+    }
+
+    case string(String)
+    case int(Int)
+}
+
+final class AttributedEnumIntrinsicTest: XCTestCase {
+    func testEncode() throws {
+        let encoder = XMLEncoder()
+        encoder.outputFormatting = []
+
+        let foo1 = Foo2(number: [FooNumber(type: FooEnum.string("ABC")), FooNumber(type: FooEnum.int(123))])
+
+        let header = XMLHeader(version: 1.0, encoding: "UTF-8")
+        let encoded = try encoder.encode(foo1, withRootKey: "foo", header: header)
+        let xmlString = String(data: encoded, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(xmlString)
+        // Test string equivalency
+        let encodedXML = xmlString!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let originalXML = String(data: attributedEnumXML, encoding: .utf8)!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        XCTAssertEqual(encodedXML, originalXML)
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Fix decoding
+//    func testDecode() throws {
+//        let decoder = XMLDecoder()
+//        decoder.errorContextLength = 10
+//
+//        let foo = try decoder.decode(Foo2.self, from: attributedEnumXML)
+//        XCTAssertEqual(foo.number[0].type, FooEnum.string("ABC"))
+//        XCTAssertEqual(foo.number[1].type, FooEnum.int(123))
+//    }
+
+    static var allTests = [
+        ("testEncode", testEncode),
+//        ("testDecode", testDecode),
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/BooksTest.swift b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/BooksTest.swift
index de1b5785..f596a086 100644
--- a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/BooksTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/BooksTest.swift
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ final class BooksTest: XCTestCase {
 
         XCTAssertEqual(book1, book2)
 
-        // Test string equivlancy
+        // Test string equivalency
         let encodedXML = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         let originalXML = String(data: bookXML, encoding: .utf8)!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         XCTAssertEqual(encodedXML, originalXML)
diff --git a/XMLCoder.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/XMLCoder.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index d9fb784a..33627d76 100644
--- a/XMLCoder.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/XMLCoder.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 		A61FE03C21E4EAB10015D993 /* KeyedIntTests.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A61FE03A21E4EA8B0015D993 /* KeyedIntTests.swift */; };
 		B34B3C08220381AC00BCBA30 /* String+ExtensionsTests.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = B34B3C07220381AB00BCBA30 /* String+ExtensionsTests.swift */; };
 		B35157CE21F986DD009CA0CC /* DynamicNodeEncoding.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = B35157CD21F986DD009CA0CC /* DynamicNodeEncoding.swift */; };
+		B3B6902E220A71DF0084D407 /* AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = B3B6902D220A71DF0084D407 /* AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift */; };
 		B3BE1D612202C1F600259831 /* DynamicNodeEncodingTest.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = B3BE1D602202C1F600259831 /* DynamicNodeEncodingTest.swift */; };
 		B3BE1D632202CB1400259831 /* XMLEncoderImplementation.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = B3BE1D622202CB1400259831 /* XMLEncoderImplementation.swift */; };
 		B3BE1D652202CB7200259831 /* XMLEncoderImplementation+SingleValueEncodingContainer.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = B3BE1D642202CB7200259831 /* XMLEncoderImplementation+SingleValueEncodingContainer.swift */; };
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@
 		A61FE03A21E4EA8B0015D993 /* KeyedIntTests.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = KeyedIntTests.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		B34B3C07220381AB00BCBA30 /* String+ExtensionsTests.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "String+ExtensionsTests.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		B35157CD21F986DD009CA0CC /* DynamicNodeEncoding.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = DynamicNodeEncoding.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		B3B6902D220A71DF0084D407 /* AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		B3BE1D602202C1F600259831 /* DynamicNodeEncodingTest.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = DynamicNodeEncodingTest.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		B3BE1D622202CB1400259831 /* XMLEncoderImplementation.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = XMLEncoderImplementation.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		B3BE1D642202CB7200259831 /* XMLEncoderImplementation+SingleValueEncodingContainer.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "XMLEncoderImplementation+SingleValueEncodingContainer.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -378,6 +380,7 @@
 				OBJ_38 /* RelationshipsTest.swift */,
 				BF63EF1D21CEC99A001D38C5 /* BenchmarkTests.swift */,
 				D1FC040421C7EF8200065B43 /* RJISample.swift */,
+				B3B6902D220A71DF0084D407 /* AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift */,
 				B3BE1D602202C1F600259831 /* DynamicNodeEncodingTest.swift */,
 				A61DCCD621DF8DB300C0A19D /* ClassTests.swift */,
 				D14D8A8521F1D6B300B0D31A /* SingleChildTests.swift */,
@@ -618,6 +621,7 @@
 				A61FE03921E4D60B0015D993 /* UnkeyedIntTests.swift in Sources */,
 				BF63EF6B21D10284001D38C5 /* XMLElementTests.swift in Sources */,
 				BF9457ED21CBB6BC005ACFDE /* BoolTests.swift in Sources */,
+				B3B6902E220A71DF0084D407 /* AttributedIntrinsicTest.swift in Sources */,
 				D1FC040521C7EF8200065B43 /* RJISample.swift in Sources */,
 				BF63EF0A21CD7C1A001D38C5 /* URLTests.swift in Sources */,
 				BF9457CE21CBB516005ACFDE /* StringBoxTests.swift in Sources */,