diff --git a/src/include/switch_xml.h b/src/include/switch_xml.h
index 89814544ca..a40a2c17c6 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_xml.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_xml.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_fd(int fd);
 ///\return a formated xml node or NULL
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file);
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file_simple(const char *file);
+
 ///\brief Wrapper for switch_xml_parse_str() that accepts a file stream. Reads the entire
 ///\ stream into memory and then parses it. For xml files, use switch_xml_parse_file()
 ///\ or switch_xml_parse_fd()
diff --git a/src/mod/dialplans/mod_dialplan_xml/mod_dialplan_xml.c b/src/mod/dialplans/mod_dialplan_xml/mod_dialplan_xml.c
index f4ffc0710e..3ec37baa5d 100644
--- a/src/mod/dialplans/mod_dialplan_xml/mod_dialplan_xml.c
+++ b/src/mod/dialplans/mod_dialplan_xml/mod_dialplan_xml.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static switch_caller_extension_t *dialplan_hunt(switch_core_session_t *session,
 
 	if (!switch_strlen_zero(alt_path)) {
 		switch_xml_t conf = NULL, tag = NULL;
-		if (!(alt_root = switch_xml_parse_file(alt_path))) {
+		if (!(alt_root = switch_xml_parse_file_simple(alt_path))) {
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "open of [%s] failed\n", alt_path);
 			goto done;
 		}
diff --git a/src/switch_xml.c b/src/switch_xml.c
index 61a0c4cde4..584528c4af 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.c
+++ b/src/switch_xml.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,26 @@ static int preprocess(const char *file, int write_fd, int rlevel)
 	return write_fd;
 }
 
-// a wrapper for switch_xml_parse_fd that accepts a file name
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file_simple(const char *file)
+{
+	int fd = -1;
+	struct stat st;
+	switch_size_t l;
+	void *m;
+	switch_xml_root_t root;
+
+	if ((fd = open(file, O_RDONLY, 0)) > -1) {
+		fstat(fd, &st);
+		l = read(fd, m = malloc(st.st_size), st.st_size);
+		root = (switch_xml_root_t) switch_xml_parse_str(m, l);
+		root->dynamic = 1;
+		close(fd);
+		return &root->xml;
+	}
+	
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file)
 {
 	int fd = -1, write_fd = -1;
@@ -1045,7 +1064,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file)
 	} else {
 		abs = file;
 	}
-
+	
 	if (!(new_file = switch_mprintf("%s%s%s.fsxml", SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.log_dir, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, abs))) {
 		return NULL;
 	}