diff --git a/feeds.api.php b/feeds.api.php
index 58e1670..771ac27 100644
--- a/feeds.api.php
+++ b/feeds.api.php
@@ -80,6 +80,32 @@ function hook_feeds_plugins() {
  */
 
 /**
+ * @defgroup parse Parser-related hooks
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Invoked after a feed item is parsed by the Common Syndication parser.
+ *
+ * @param array $item
+ *   Set of parsed values.
+ * @param SimpleXMLElement $rss_item
+ *   Non-interpreted, parsed XML structure of the actually parsed item.
+ * @param SimpleXMLElement $feed
+ *   Non-interpreted, parsed XML structure of the entire feed.
+ */
+function hook_common_syndication_parser_item_alter(array &$item, SimpleXMLElement $rss_item, SimpleXMLElement $feed) {
+  // For example, parse date in a smarter way for RSS2.0 feeds:
+  if (isset($rss_item['pubDate'])) {
+    $item['timestamp'] = _my_module_date_convert($rss_item['pubDate']);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+/**
  * @defgroup import Import and clear hooks
  * @{
  */
diff --git a/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc b/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc
index d37599f..5d89f43 100644
--- a/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc
+++ b/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ function _parser_common_syndication_atom10_parse($feed_XML) {
     }
     $item['tags'] = isset($additional_taxonomies['ATOM Categories']) ? $additional_taxonomies['ATOM Categories'] : array();
     $item['domains'] = isset($additional_taxonomies['ATOM Domains']) ? $additional_taxonomies['ATOM Domains'] : array();
+    drupal_alter('common_syndication_parser_item', $item, $news, $feed_XML);
     $parsed_source['items'][] = $item;
   }
   return $parsed_source;
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ function _parser_common_syndication_RDF10_parse($feed_XML) {
       $item['rdf'][$rdf_property] = $rdf_value;
     }
 
+    drupal_alter('common_syndication_parser_item', $item, $rss_item, $feed_XML);
     $parsed_source['items'][] = $item;
   }
 
@@ -356,15 +358,15 @@ function _parser_common_syndication_RSS20_parse($feed_XML) {
   $parsed_source['link'] = isset($feed_XML->channel->link) ? "{$feed_XML->channel->link}" : "";
   $parsed_source['items'] = array();
 
-  foreach ($feed_XML->xpath('//item') as $news) {
+  foreach ($feed_XML->xpath('//item') as $rss_item) {
     $title = $body = $original_author = $original_url = $guid = '';
 
-    $category = $news->xpath('category');
+    $category = $rss_item->xpath('category');
     // Get children for current namespace.
-    $content = (array)$news->children($ns["content"]);
-    $dc      = (array)$news->children($ns["dc"]);
-    $georss  = (array)$news->children($ns["georss"]);
-    $news = (array) $news;
+    $content = (array)$rss_item->children($ns["content"]);
+    $dc      = (array)$rss_item->children($ns["dc"]);
+    $georss  = (array)$rss_item->children($ns["georss"]);
+    $news = (array) $rss_item;
     $news['category'] = $category;
 
     if (isset($news['title'])) {
@@ -470,6 +472,7 @@ function _parser_common_syndication_RSS20_parse($feed_XML) {
 
     $item['domains'] = $additional_taxonomies['RSS Domains'];
     $item['tags'] = $additional_taxonomies['RSS Categories'];
+    drupal_alter('common_syndication_parser_item', $item, $rss_item, $feed_XML);
     $parsed_source['items'][] = $item;
   }
   return $parsed_source;