diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index ecd3bd9b8..3d6872fbd 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -253,5 +253,6 @@ extern char * strdup(const char *s);
 # define INLINE_FUNCTION
 #endif
 
+typedef unsigned char xmlChar;
 #endif