diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index 72840aec87..1383bac9eb 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 
 /*** End i18n ***/
 
-#undef GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_1
-#undef GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_2
+#undef HAVE_XML_VERSION_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ef9efefbd8..d27fad376c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -60,13 +60,9 @@ GNOME_CHECK_GUILE
 GNOME_PRINT_CHECK
 GNOME_XML_CHECK
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(gnome-xml/parserInternals.h, [
-  GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_1=1
-  AC_DEFINE(GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_1)
-])
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(libxml/parserInternals.h, [
-  GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_2=1
-  AC_DEFINE(GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_2)
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(libxml/xmlversion.h, [
+  HAVE_XML_VERSION_HEADER=1
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XML_VERSION_HEADER)
 ])
 
 dnl Set of available languages.
diff --git a/src/engine/io-gncxml-r.c b/src/engine/io-gncxml-r.c
index 14446a724c..7ce8844b92 100644
--- a/src/engine/io-gncxml-r.c
+++ b/src/engine/io-gncxml-r.c
@@ -23,16 +23,32 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
-#ifdef GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_1
-#include <gnome-xml/tree.h>
-#include <gnome-xml/parser.h>
-#include <gnome-xml/xmlmemory.h>
-#include <gnome-xml/parserInternals.h>
-#elif defined(GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_2)
+#ifdef HAVE_XML_VERSION_HEADER
+#include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(LIBXML_VERSION) && LIBXML_VERSION >= 20000
+
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
 #include <libxml/parserInternals.h>
+#ifndef xmlChildrenNode
+#define xmlChildrenNode children
+#define xmlRootNode children
+#endif
+
+#else
+
+#include <gnome-xml/tree.h>
+#include <gnome-xml/parser.h>
+#include <gnome-xml/xmlmemory.h>
+#include <gnome-xml/parserInternals.h>
+#ifndef xmlChildrenNode
+#define xmlChildrenNode childs
+#define xmlRootNode root
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #include "Account.h"
diff --git a/src/engine/io-gncxml-w.c b/src/engine/io-gncxml-w.c
index c6f690f82f..81518e25ad 100644
--- a/src/engine/io-gncxml-w.c
+++ b/src/engine/io-gncxml-w.c
@@ -49,16 +49,32 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#ifdef GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_1
-#include <gnome-xml/tree.h>
-#include <gnome-xml/parser.h>
-#include <gnome-xml/xmlmemory.h>
-#include <gnome-xml/parserInternals.h>
-#elif defined(GNOME_XML_HEADER_VERSION_2)
+#ifdef HAVE_XML_VERSION_HEADER
+#include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(LIBXML_VERSION) && LIBXML_VERSION >= 20000
+
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
 #include <libxml/parserInternals.h>
+#ifndef xmlChildrenNode
+#define xmlChildrenNode children
+#define xmlRootNode children
+#endif
+
+#else
+
+#include <gnome-xml/tree.h>
+#include <gnome-xml/parser.h>
+#include <gnome-xml/xmlmemory.h>
+#include <gnome-xml/parserInternals.h>
+#ifndef xmlChildrenNode
+#define xmlChildrenNode childs
+#define xmlRootNode root
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #include "Account.h"
@@ -85,10 +101,6 @@
 static short module = MOD_IO;
 
 /* Pulled from the libxml-1.8.8 header */
-#ifndef xmlChildrenNode
-#define xmlChildrenNode childs
-#define xmlRootNode root
-#endif
 
 static const gchar *gncxml_emacs_trailer =
 "<!-- Local variables: -->\n"