diff --git a/src/modsecurity.cc b/src/modsecurity.cc
index 46c70700..8e1da018 100644
--- a/src/modsecurity.cc
+++ b/src/modsecurity.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <libxml/xmlschemas.h>
+#include <libxml/xpath.h>
+
 #include "modsecurity/modsecurity.h"
 #include "modsecurity/rule.h"
 #include "modsecurity/rule_message.h"
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ ModSecurity::ModSecurity()
     srand(time(NULL));
 #ifdef MSC_WITH_CURL
     curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+    xmlInitParser();
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +87,8 @@ ModSecurity::~ModSecurity() {
 #ifdef WITH_GEOIP
     Utils::GeoLookup::getInstance().cleanUp();
 #endif
+    xmlCleanupParser();
+
     delete m_global_collection;
     delete m_resource_collection;
     delete m_ip_collection;
diff --git a/src/operators/validate_schema.cc b/src/operators/validate_schema.cc
index 44063a65..8bf97bce 100644
--- a/src/operators/validate_schema.cc
+++ b/src/operators/validate_schema.cc
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ bool ValidateSchema::evaluate(Transaction *t,
     t->debug(4, "XML: Successfully validated payload against " \
         "Schema: " + m_resource);
 #endif
+    xmlSchemaFree(m_schema);
+    xmlSchemaFreeParserCtxt(m_parserCtx);
 
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/request_body_processor/xml.cc b/src/request_body_processor/xml.cc
index 29c7241a..bca1a22e 100644
--- a/src/request_body_processor/xml.cc
+++ b/src/request_body_processor/xml.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ XML::XML(Transaction *transaction)
 
 
 XML::~XML() {
+    if (m_data.parsing_ctx != NULL) {
+        xmlFreeParserCtxt(m_data.parsing_ctx);
+        m_data.parsing_ctx = NULL;
+    }
     if (m_data.doc != NULL) {
         xmlFreeDoc(m_data.doc);
         m_data.doc = NULL;