diff --git a/xbmc/utils/XBMCTinyXML.h b/xbmc/utils/XBMCTinyXML.h
index 9f08548673bbc..d2773ff54c654 100644
--- a/xbmc/utils/XBMCTinyXML.h
+++ b/xbmc/utils/XBMCTinyXML.h
@@ -30,8 +30,26 @@
 #pragma comment(lib, "tinyxmlSTL.lib")
 #endif
 #endif
+
+//compile fix for TinyXml < 2.6.0
+#define DOCUMENT    TINYXML_DOCUMENT
+#define ELEMENT     TINYXML_ELEMENT
+#define COMMENT     TINYXML_COMMENT
+#define UNKNOWN     TINYXML_UNKNOWN
+#define TEXT        TINYXML_TEXT
+#define DECLARATION TINYXML_DECLARATION
+#define TYPECOUNT   TINYXML_TYPECOUNT
+
 #include <tinyxml.h>
 
+#undef DOCUMENT
+#undef ELEMENT
+#undef COMMENT
+#undef UNKNOWN
+#undef TEXT
+#undef DECLARATION
+#undef TYPECOUNT
+
 #include "StdString.h"
 
 class CXBMCTinyXML : public TiXmlDocument