diff --git a/package/autoyast2.changes b/package/autoyast2.changes
index f4ec77c45..23348bc35 100644
--- a/package/autoyast2.changes
+++ b/package/autoyast2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 14 09:47:25 CEST 2018 - schubi@suse.de
+
+- AY configuration module: Report XML errors while reading an
+  AY configuration file (bsc#1098794)
+- 4.0.58
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 28 14:29:25 CEST 2018 - schubi@suse.de
 
diff --git a/package/autoyast2.spec b/package/autoyast2.spec
index 9be21b37e..b7a0665e8 100644
--- a/package/autoyast2.spec
+++ b/package/autoyast2.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           autoyast2
-Version:        4.0.57
+Version:        4.0.58
 Release:        0
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
diff --git a/src/modules/Profile.rb b/src/modules/Profile.rb
index de9c29e1c..a29f6affa 100644
--- a/src/modules/Profile.rb
+++ b/src/modules/Profile.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 require "yast"
+require "yast2/popup"
 
 module Yast
   class ProfileClass < Module
@@ -745,15 +746,17 @@ def ReadXML(file)
         @current = XML.XMLToYCPFile(file)
       end
 
-      if @current != {} && Builtins.size(@current) == 0
+      xml_error = XML.XMLError
+      if xml_error && !xml_error.empty?
         # autoyast has read the autoyast configuration file but something went wrong
         message = _(
           "The XML parser reported an error while parsing the autoyast profile. The error message is:\n"
         )
-        message = Ops.add(message, XML.XMLError)
-        Popup.Error(message)
+        message += xml_error
+        Yast2::Popup.show(message, headline: :error)
         return false
       end
+
       Import(@current)
       true
     end