diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 24b5e79f..91909a4a 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, PHP_VERSION_REQUIRED) === -1)
 if(!extension_loaded('openssl'))
 	die('"openssl" extension not loaded. Please check "php.ini"');
 
+if(!extension_loaded('libxml'))
+	die('"libxml" extension not loaded. Please check "php.ini"');
+
 // FIXME : beta test UA spoofing, please report any blacklisting by PHP-fopen-unfriendly websites
 ini_set('user_agent', 'Mozilla/5.0(X11; Linux x86_64; rv:30.0)
  Gecko/20121202 Firefox/30.0(rss-bridge/0.1;