diff --git a/karaf/deployer/blueprint/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/blueprint/BlueprintDeploymentListener.java b/karaf/deployer/blueprint/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/blueprint/BlueprintDeploymentListener.java
index 92337fb..79beba7 100644
--- a/karaf/deployer/blueprint/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/blueprint/BlueprintDeploymentListener.java
+++ b/karaf/deployer/blueprint/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/blueprint/BlueprintDeploymentListener.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.felix.fileinstall.ArtifactTransformer;
+import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 /**
  * A deployment listener that listens for spring xml applications
@@ -75,6 +78,15 @@
             dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
         }
         DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+        db.setErrorHandler(new ErrorHandler() {
+            public void warning(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+            }
+            public void error(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+            }
+            public void fatalError(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+                throw exception;
+            }
+        });
         return db.parse(artifact);
     }
 
diff --git a/karaf/deployer/features/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/features/FeatureDeploymentListener.java b/karaf/deployer/features/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/features/FeatureDeploymentListener.java
index b5901f9..6fbc9b6 100644
--- a/karaf/deployer/features/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/features/FeatureDeploymentListener.java
+++ b/karaf/deployer/features/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/features/FeatureDeploymentListener.java
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleEvent;
 import org.osgi.framework.Constants;
 import org.osgi.framework.SynchronousBundleListener;
+import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 /**
  * A deployment listener able to hot deploy a feature descriptor
@@ -204,6 +207,15 @@
             dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
         }
         DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+        db.setErrorHandler(new ErrorHandler() {
+            public void warning(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+            }
+            public void error(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+            }
+            public void fatalError(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+                throw exception;
+            }
+        });
         return db.parse(artifact);
     }
 
diff --git a/karaf/deployer/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/spring/SpringDeploymentListener.java b/karaf/deployer/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/spring/SpringDeploymentListener.java
index 37ad787..c3742a7 100644
--- a/karaf/deployer/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/spring/SpringDeploymentListener.java
+++ b/karaf/deployer/spring/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/deployer/spring/SpringDeploymentListener.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.felix.fileinstall.ArtifactTransformer;
+import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 /**
  * A deployment listener that listens for spring xml applications
@@ -74,6 +77,15 @@
             dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
         }
         DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+        db.setErrorHandler(new ErrorHandler() {
+            public void warning(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+            }
+            public void error(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+            }
+            public void fatalError(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+                throw exception;
+            }
+        });
         return db.parse(artifact);
     }