diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/main.c b/dlls/msxml3/main.c
index dc351b98b0e..cda45dfded7 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/main.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/main.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "windef.h"
 #include "winbase.h"
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 
+#include "msxml_private.h"
+
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(msxml);
 
 HRESULT WINAPI DllCanUnloadNow(void)
@@ -40,9 +44,15 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpv)
     switch(fdwReason)
     {
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBXML2
+        xmlInitParser();
+#endif
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hInstDLL);
         break;
     case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBXML2
+        xmlCleanupParser();
+#endif
         break;
     }
     return TRUE;
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h b/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
index 08565f2ee8a..288a126de55 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef __MSXML_PRIVATE__
 #define __MSXML_PRIVATE__
 
+#include "xmldom.h"
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBXML2
 
 #include <libxml/parser.h>