diff --git a/src/ProjNet/CoordinateSystems/Projections/ProjectionsRegistry.cs b/src/ProjNet/CoordinateSystems/Projections/ProjectionsRegistry.cs
index 2856ba7..71d2fe2 100644
--- a/src/ProjNet/CoordinateSystems/Projections/ProjectionsRegistry.cs
+++ b/src/ProjNet/CoordinateSystems/Projections/ProjectionsRegistry.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static ProjectionsRegistry()
             Register("google_mercator", typeof(PseudoMercator));
 			
             Register("transverse_mercator", typeof(TransverseMercator));
+            Register("transverse_mercator_south_orientated", typeof(TransverseMercator));
 
             Register("albers", typeof(AlbersProjection));
 			Register("albers_conic_equal_area", typeof(AlbersProjection));
diff --git a/test/ProjNet.Tests/WKT/WKTCoordSysParserTests.cs b/test/ProjNet.Tests/WKT/WKTCoordSysParserTests.cs
index 97af085..a3cf795 100644
--- a/test/ProjNet.Tests/WKT/WKTCoordSysParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/ProjNet.Tests/WKT/WKTCoordSysParserTests.cs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public void TestCreateCoordinateTransformationForWktInCsv()
                                 {
                                     //Skip not supported projections
                                     case "Oblique_Stereographic":
-                                    case "Transverse_Mercator_South_Orientated":
+                                //    case "Transverse_Mercator_South_Orientated":
                                     case "Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP":
                                     case "Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area":
                                     case "Tunisia_Mining_Grid":