2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/xml.cpp b/src/utils/xml.cpp
index 87833d176..5a9558cc2 100644
--- a/src/utils/xml.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/xml.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 
 #include "debug.h"
 
+static void xmlNullLogger(void *ctx A_UNUSED, const char *msg A_UNUSED, ...)
+{
+    // Does nothing, that's the whole point of it
+}
+
 namespace XML
 {
     Document::Document(const std::string &filename, bool useResman):
@@ -165,4 +170,15 @@ namespace XML
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    // Initialize libxml2 and check for potential ABI mismatches between
+    // compiled version and the shared library actually used.
+    void initXML()
+    {
+        xmlInitParser();
+        LIBXML_TEST_VERSION;
+
+        // Suppress libxml2 error messages
+        xmlSetGenericErrorFunc(nullptr, xmlNullLogger);
+    }
+
 } // namespace XML
diff --git a/src/utils/xml.h b/src/utils/xml.h
index e35a2a06f..2b97b45f5 100644
--- a/src/utils/xml.h
+++ b/src/utils/xml.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef XML_H
 #define XML_H
 
+#include <libxml/encoding.h>
+#include <libxml/xmlwriter.h>
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #include <string>
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ namespace XML
      * Finds the first child node with the given name
      */
     xmlNodePtr findFirstChildByName(xmlNodePtr parent, const char *name);
+
+    void initXML();
 }
 
 #define for_each_xml_child_node(var, parent) \