diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php b/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php
index 2e20327..08e99fc 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php
@@ -164,4 +164,12 @@ class XMLReader extends \XMLReader
 
         return ($this->nodeType === $nodeType && $currentNodeName === $nodeName);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string The name of the current node, un-prefixed
+     */
+    public function getCurrentNodeName()
+    {
+        return $this->localName;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
index 415d5cf..fc04c79 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class SharedStringsHelper
 
             $xmlReader->readUntilNodeFound(self::XML_NODE_SI);
 
-            while ($xmlReader->name === self::XML_NODE_SI) {
+            while ($xmlReader->getCurrentNodeName() === self::XML_NODE_SI) {
                 $this->processSharedStringsItem($xmlReader, $sharedStringIndex);
                 $sharedStringIndex++;
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class SharedStringsHelper
         $xmlReader->next(self::XML_NODE_SST);
 
         // Iterate over the "sst" elements to get the actual "sst ELEMENT" (skips any DOCTYPE)
-        while ($xmlReader->name === self::XML_NODE_SST && $xmlReader->nodeType !== XMLReader::ELEMENT) {
+        while ($xmlReader->getCurrentNodeName() === self::XML_NODE_SST && $xmlReader->nodeType !== XMLReader::ELEMENT) {
             $xmlReader->read();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php
index 45069b3..e70c617 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
      */
     protected function isEmptyRow($rowData)
     {
-        return (count($rowData) === 1 && $rowData[0] === '');
+        return (count($rowData) === 1 && key($rowData) === '');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/ReaderTest.php b/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/ReaderTest.php
index b9e032e..2ad6834 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/ReaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/ReaderTest.php
@@ -112,6 +112,22 @@ class ReaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($expectedRows, $allRows);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testReadShouldSupportPrefixedSharedStringsXML()
+    {
+        // The sharedStrings.xml file of this spreadsheet is prefixed.
+        // For instance, they use "<x:sst>" instead of "<sst>", etc.
+        $allRows = $this->getAllRowsForFile('sheet_with_prefixed_shared_strings_xml.xlsx');
+
+        $expectedRows = [
+            ['s1--A1', 's1--B1', 's1--C1', 's1--D1', 's1--E1'],
+            ['s1--A2', 's1--B2', 's1--C2', 's1--D2', 's1--E2'],
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedRows, $allRows);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return void
      */
@@ -169,6 +185,21 @@ class ReaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($expectedRows, $allRows);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testReadShouldSupportFilesWithRowsNotStartingAtColumnA()
+    {
+        // file where the row starts at column C:
+        // <row r="1"><c r="C1" s="0" t="s"><v>0</v></c>...
+        $allRows = $this->getAllRowsForFile('sheet_with_row_not_starting_at_column_a.xlsx');
+
+        $expectedRows = [
+            ['', '', 's1--C1', 's1--D1', 's1--E1'],
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedRows, $allRows);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return void
      */
diff --git a/tests/resources/xlsx/sheet_with_prefixed_shared_strings_xml.xlsx b/tests/resources/xlsx/sheet_with_prefixed_shared_strings_xml.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33f92f7
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diff --git a/tests/resources/xlsx/sheet_with_row_not_starting_at_column_a.xlsx b/tests/resources/xlsx/sheet_with_row_not_starting_at_column_a.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61ea578
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