diff --git a/libosmscout-gpx/src/osmscoutgpx/Import.cpp b/libosmscout-gpx/src/osmscoutgpx/Import.cpp
index 49ba6353d..0ff091a9e 100644
--- a/libosmscout-gpx/src/osmscoutgpx/Import.cpp
+++ b/libosmscout-gpx/src/osmscoutgpx/Import.cpp
@@ -335,12 +335,20 @@ class GpxParser{
     return xmlGetPredefinedEntity(name);
   }
 
-  static void StructuredErrorHandler(void* data, xmlErrorPtr error)
+  // overloaded method for libxml2 >= 2.12.0
+  static void StructuredErrorHandler(void* data, const xmlError *error)
   {
     auto* parser=static_cast<GpxParser*>(data);
     parser->Error("XML error, line " + std::to_string(error->line) + ": " + error->message);
   }
 
+  // overloaded method for libxml2 < 2.12.0
+  [[maybe_unused]]
+  static void StructuredErrorHandler(void* data, xmlErrorPtr error)
+  {
+    StructuredErrorHandler(data, static_cast<const xmlError*>(error));
+  }
+
   static void WarningHandler(void* data, const char* msg,...)
   {
     auto* parser=static_cast<GpxParser*>(data);
diff --git a/libosmscout-import/src/osmscoutimport/PreprocessOSM.cpp b/libosmscout-import/src/osmscoutimport/PreprocessOSM.cpp
index 7159e77a7..8b2514765 100644
--- a/libosmscout-import/src/osmscoutimport/PreprocessOSM.cpp
+++ b/libosmscout-import/src/osmscoutimport/PreprocessOSM.cpp
@@ -339,11 +339,19 @@ namespace osmscout {
     return xmlGetPredefinedEntity(name);
   }
 
-  static void StructuredErrorHandler(void* /*data*/, xmlErrorPtr error)
+  // overloaded method for libxml2 >= 2.12.0
+  static void StructuredErrorHandler(void* /*data*/, const xmlError *error)
   {
     std::cerr << "XML error, line " << error->line << ": " << error->message << std::endl;
   }
 
+  // overloaded method for libxml2 < 2.12.0
+  [[maybe_unused]]
+  static void StructuredErrorHandler(void* data, xmlErrorPtr error)
+  {
+    StructuredErrorHandler(data, static_cast<const xmlError*>(error));
+  }
+
   static void WarningHandler(void* /*data*/, const char* msg,...)
   {
     std::cerr << "XML warning:" << msg << std::endl;