diff --git a/src/common/xmpp/simplexml.py b/src/common/xmpp/simplexml.py
index 46b386c8a..91f733774 100644
--- a/src/common/xmpp/simplexml.py
+++ b/src/common/xmpp/simplexml.py
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ class NodeBuilder:
 		self._parser.EndElementHandler         = self.endtag
 		self._parser.StartNamespaceDeclHandler = self.handle_namespace_start
 		self._parser.CharacterDataHandler    = self.handle_cdata
+		self._parser.buffer_text = True
 		self.Parse = self._parser.Parse
 		
 		self.__depth = 0