diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentTableFoot.js b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentTableFoot.js
index e7ae0a9f1..861224a7b 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentTableFoot.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentTableFoot.js
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 import ComponentTableBody from './ComponentTableBody';
+import { toLowerCase } from 'utils/mixins';
+
+const type = 'tfoot';
 
 export default ComponentTableBody.extend(
   {
     defaults: {
       ...ComponentTableBody.prototype.defaults,
-      type: 'tfoot',
-      tagName: 'tfoot'
+      type,
+      tagName: type
     }
   },
   {
-    isComponent(el) {
-      let result = '';
-
-      if (el.tagName == 'TFOOT') {
-        result = { type: 'tfoot' };
-      }
-
-      return result;
-    }
+    isComponent: el => toLowerCase(el.tagName) === type
   }
 );
diff --git a/test/specs/dom_components/model/ComponentTypes.js b/test/specs/dom_components/model/ComponentTypes.js
index c985b8a83..98e522f91 100644
--- a/test/specs/dom_components/model/ComponentTypes.js
+++ b/test/specs/dom_components/model/ComponentTypes.js
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ describe('Component Types', () => {
     expectedType('<th></th>', 'cell', { total: 2 });
   });
 
+  test('<tfoot> is correctly recognized', () => {
+    expectedType('<tfoot></tfoot>', 'tfoot', { skipHtml: 1 });
+  });
+
   test('<script> is correctly recognized', () => {
     // const scr = 'console.log("Inline script");'; // issues with jsdom parser
     const scr = ``;