diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 96360fd5d..ad37f0934 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+2012-02-03 11:43-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>
+
+	* Source/NSXMLNode.m: Conditionally compile out code if
+	the supporting library is not available.
+
 2012-02-03 09:15-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>
 
-	* Tests/base/NSXMLNode/basic.m: Correct test for 
+	* Tests/base/NSXMLNode/basic.m: Correct test for
 	text node.
 
 2012-02-02 22:57-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Source/NSXMLNode.m b/Source/NSXMLNode.m
index 25cd6040f..fd199ba0c 100644
--- a/Source/NSXMLNode.m
+++ b/Source/NSXMLNode.m
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #import "GSInternal.h"
 GS_PRIVATE_INTERNAL(NSXMLNode)
 
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBXML)
+
 int countAttributes(xmlNodePtr node)
 {
   int count = 0;
@@ -1430,3 +1432,4 @@ NSLog(@"RELEASING TRICKY EXTRA RETAIN in %@ now: %d", self, internal->externalRe
 }
 @end
 
+#endif