1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.cpp b/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.cpp
index ae87f38..1590262 100644
--- a/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.cpp
+++ b/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.cpp
@@ -45,21 +45,27 @@ static void handleError(void*, const char* /*m*/, ... ) {
 	va_start(args, m);
 	vfprintf(stdout, m, args);
 	va_end(args);
 	*/
 }
 
 static void handleWarning(void*, const char*, ... ) {
 }
 
-
+bool LibXMLParser::initialized = false;
 
 LibXMLParser::LibXMLParser(XMLParserClient* client) : XMLParser(client) {
+	// Initialize libXML for multithreaded applications
+	if (!initialized) {
+		xmlInitParser();
+		initialized = true;
+	}
+
 	memset(&handler_, 0, sizeof(handler_) );
 	handler_.initialized = XML_SAX2_MAGIC;
 	handler_.startElementNs = &handleStartElement;
 	handler_.endElementNs = &handleEndElement;
 	handler_.characters = &handleCharacterData;
 	handler_.warning = &handleWarning;
 	handler_.error = &handleError;
 
 	context_ = xmlCreatePushParserCtxt(&handler_, this, 0, 0, 0);