diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml11TicketValidator.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml11TicketValidator.java
index 001ed4b..7b9ffe5 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml11TicketValidator.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml11TicketValidator.java
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ public final class Saml11TicketValidator extends AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator
 
     protected Assertion parseResponseFromServer(final String response) throws TicketValidationException {
         try {
-            final SAMLResponse samlResponse = new SAMLResponse(new ByteArrayInputStream(response.getBytes()));
+        	final String removeStartOfSoapBody = response.substring(response.indexOf("<SOAP-ENV:Body>") + 15);
+        	final String removeEndOfSoapBody = removeStartOfSoapBody.substring(0, removeStartOfSoapBody.indexOf("</SOAP-ENV:Body>"));
+            final SAMLResponse samlResponse = new SAMLResponse(new ByteArrayInputStream(removeEndOfSoapBody.getBytes()));
 
             if (!samlResponse.getAssertions().hasNext()) {
                 throw new TicketValidationException("No assertions found.");