diff --git a/lib/openscap_parser/xml_file.rb b/lib/openscap_parser/xml_file.rb
index 04a8534..f53c383 100644
--- a/lib/openscap_parser/xml_file.rb
+++ b/lib/openscap_parser/xml_file.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 module OpenscapParser
   module XmlFile
     def report_xml(report_contents = '')
-      @report_xml ||= ::Nokogiri::XML.parse(report_contents)
+      @report_xml ||= ::Nokogiri::XML.parse(
+        report_contents, nil, nil, Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions.new.norecover)
       @report_xml.remove_namespaces!
     end
   end
diff --git a/openscap_parser.gemspec b/openscap_parser.gemspec
index f6b3c2e..c9173b4 100644
--- a/openscap_parser.gemspec
+++ b/openscap_parser.gemspec
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "shoulda-context"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
 end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/files/invalid_report.xml b/test/fixtures/files/invalid_report.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0edb6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/files/invalid_report.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/test/concerns/xccdf_report/profiles_test.rb b/test/openscap_parser/profiles_test.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from test/concerns/xccdf_report/profiles_test.rb
rename to test/openscap_parser/profiles_test.rb
diff --git a/test/openscap_parser/xml_file_test.rb b/test/openscap_parser/xml_file_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f1c63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/openscap_parser/xml_file_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class XmlFileTest < Minitest::Test
+  include OpenscapParser::XmlFile
+
+  def setup
+    @invalid_report = file_fixture('invalid_report.xml').read
+    @valid_report = file_fixture('xccdf_report.xml').read
+  end
+
+  test 'report_xml parses a valid XML report' do
+    assert_equal report_xml(@valid_report).class, Nokogiri::XML::Document
+  end
+
+  test 'report_xml handles an invalid XML report' do
+    assert_raises Nokogiri::XML::SyntaxError do
+      report_xml(@invalid_report)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/concerns/xccdf_report/xml_report_test.rb b/test/openscap_parser/xml_report_test.rb
similarity index 77%
rename from test/concerns/xccdf_report/xml_report_test.rb
rename to test/openscap_parser/xml_report_test.rb
index ffc7818..c57f165 100644
--- a/test/concerns/xccdf_report/xml_report_test.rb
+++ b/test/openscap_parser/xml_report_test.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ def setup
     report_xml(file_fixture('xccdf_report.xml').read)
   end
 
-  test 'report_xml parses the XML report' do
-    assert_equal @report_xml.class, Nokogiri::XML::Document
-  end
-
   test 'report_description' do
     assert_match(/^This guide presents/, description)
   end