diff --git a/odf2legi/odf2legi.py b/odf2legi/odf2legi.py
index e5abef3..e1fe5c3 100644
--- a/odf2legi/odf2legi.py
+++ b/odf2legi/odf2legi.py
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ def fill_inline(para, elem, invert_bg=False):
     for child in elem.getchildren():
         if child.tag == '{%s}span' % TEXT_NS and child.getchildren():
             fill_inline(para, child, invert_bg=invert_bg)
+            append_remaining_text(para, child.tail)
 
         elif child.tag == '{%s}span' % TEXT_NS and not child.getchildren():
             try:
@@ -295,6 +296,9 @@ def fill_inline(para, elem, invert_bg=False):
         elif child.tag == '{%s}sequence' % TEXT_NS:
             append_remaining_text(para, child.text, child.tail)
 
+        elif child.tag == '{%s}s' % TEXT_NS:
+            append_remaining_text(para, child.text, child.tail)
+
         elif child.tag == '{%s}sequence-ref' % TEXT_NS:
             xref = ET.Element('xref')
             xref.attrib['linkend'] = child.attrib.get('{%s}ref-name' % TEXT_NS)
diff --git a/odf2legi/tests.py b/odf2legi/tests.py
index 86cc397..4288779 100644
--- a/odf2legi/tests.py
+++ b/odf2legi/tests.py
@@ -130,6 +130,20 @@ Plop
                 '''<para>\nPlop\n</para>''')
 
 
+    def test_footnotes_bug4254(self):
+        doc = '''\
+<text:p xmlns:text="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0">Foo
+<text:span><text:note><text:note-citation>2</text:note-citation
+><text:note-body><text:p><text:span ><text:s/></text:span><text:span
+>Bar</text:span></text:p></text:note-body></text:note></text:span
+>. Baz</text:p>
+'''
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.convert_to_legi(doc),
+                '''<para>Foo<footnote><para>Bar</para></footnote>. Baz</para>''')
+
+
+
 class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_plain_table(self):
         doc = '''\
@@ -859,6 +873,5 @@ M. Michu bla bla bla
                 odf2legi.convert_to_legi_xml(doc),
                 '''<book><sect1><title>Chapter</title><para>Hello</para><para><emphasis role="italic">World</emphasis></para></sect1></book>''')
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()