2 files changed, 12 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
@@ -51,9 +51,15 @@ static void handleError(void*, const char* /*m*/, ... ) {
 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;
diff --git a/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.h b/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.h
index ba61ad9..cd73637 100644
--- a/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.h
+++ b/Swiften/Parser/LibXMLParser.h
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #include <Swiften/Parser/XMLParser.h>
 
 namespace Swift {
+	/**
+	 * Warning: This constructor is not thread-safe, because it depends on global state to
+	 * check whether it is initialized.
+	 */
 	class LibXMLParser : public XMLParser, public boost::noncopyable {
 		public:
 			LibXMLParser(XMLParserClient* client);
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ namespace Swift {
 			bool parse(const std::string& data);
 
 		private:
+			static bool initialized;
 			xmlSAXHandler handler_;
 			xmlParserCtxtPtr context_;
 	};