diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d8aa3f16..94035b11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 Changelog
 =========
+* 0.3.5
+    * Not all docx files contain a `styles.xml` file. We are no longer assuming
+      they do.
 * 0.3.4
     * It is possible for `w:t` tags to have `text` set to `None`. This no longer causes an error when escaping that text.
 * 0.3.3
diff --git a/pydocx/DocxParser.py b/pydocx/DocxParser.py
index 82b48cc3..fd16308f 100644
--- a/pydocx/DocxParser.py
+++ b/pydocx/DocxParser.py
@@ -46,23 +46,24 @@ class DocxParser:
     __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
     pre_processor_class = PydocxPrePorcessor
 
+    def _extract_xml(self, f, xml_path):
+        try:
+            return f.read(xml_path)
+        except KeyError:
+            return None
+
     def _build_data(self, path, *args, **kwargs):
         with ZipFile(path) as f:
+            # These must be in the ZIP in order for the docx to be valid.
             self.document_text = f.read('word/document.xml')
-            self.styles_text = f.read('word/styles.xml')
-            try:
-                self.fonts = f.read('/word/fontTable.xml')
-            except KeyError:
-                self.fonts = None
-            try:  # Only present if there are lists
-                self.numbering_text = f.read('word/numbering.xml')
-            except KeyError:
-                self.numbering_text = None
-            try:  # Only present if there are comments
-                self.comment_text = f.read('word/comments.xml')
-            except KeyError:
-                self.comment_text = None
             self.relationship_text = f.read('word/_rels/document.xml.rels')
+
+            # These are all optional.
+            self.styles_text = self._extract_xml(f, 'word/styles.xml')
+            self.fonts = self._extract_xml(f, 'word/fontTable.xml')
+            self.numbering_text = self._extract_xml(f, 'word/numbering.xml')
+            self.comment_text = self._extract_xml(f, 'word/comments.xml')
+
             zipped_image_files = [
                 e for e in f.infolist()
                 if e.filename.startswith('word/media/')
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ def _build_data(self, path, *args, **kwargs):
             self.comment_root = parse_xml_from_string(self.comment_text)
 
     def _parse_styles(self):
+        if self.styles_text is None:
+            return {}
         tree = parse_xml_from_string(self.styles_text)
         result = {}
         for style in find_all(tree, 'style'):
diff --git a/pydocx/__init__.py b/pydocx/__init__.py
index b4a82a07..ca95ca6b 100644
--- a/pydocx/__init__.py
+++ b/pydocx/__init__.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ def docx2html(path):
 def docx2markdown(path):
     return Docx2Markdown(path).parsed
 
-VERSION = '0.3.3'
+VERSION = '0.3.4'
diff --git a/pydocx/fixtures/missing_style.docx b/pydocx/fixtures/missing_style.docx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ded985c
Binary files /dev/null and b/pydocx/fixtures/missing_style.docx differ
diff --git a/pydocx/tests/test_docx.py b/pydocx/tests/test_docx.py
index d7b49b9c..a0aa1909 100644
--- a/pydocx/tests/test_docx.py
+++ b/pydocx/tests/test_docx.py
@@ -722,6 +722,19 @@ def test_justification():
     ''')
 
 
+def test_missing_style():
+    file_path = path.join(
+        path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)),
+        '..',
+        'fixtures',
+        'missing_style.docx',
+    )
+    actual_html = convert(file_path)
+    assert_html_equal(actual_html, BASE_HTML % '''
+    <p>AAA</p>
+    ''')
+
+
 def _converter(*args, **kwargs):
     # Having a converter that does nothing is the same as if abiword fails to
     # convert.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0285271..82c0bc82 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def get_description():
 setup(
     name="PyDocX",
     # Edit here and pydocx.__init__
-    version="0.3.3",
+    version="0.3.4",
     description="docx (OOXML) to html converter",
     author="Jason Ward, Sam Portnow",
     author_email="jason.louard.ward@gmail.com, samson91787@gmail.com",