diff --git a/src/Base/Parameter.cpp b/src/Base/Parameter.cpp
index 980e0bd776..64fafe5610 100644
--- a/src/Base/Parameter.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Parameter.cpp
@@ -1872,6 +1872,7 @@ int ParameterManager::LoadDocument(const XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_QUALIFIER InputSou
     parser->setDoSchema(gDoSchema);
     parser->setValidationSchemaFullChecking(gSchemaFullChecking);
     parser->setCreateEntityReferenceNodes(gDoCreate);
+    parser->setDisableDefaultEntityResolution(true);
 
     auto errReporter = new DOMTreeErrorReporter();
     parser->setErrorHandler(errReporter);