diff --git a/dm/DMSrcSink.cpp b/dm/DMSrcSink.cpp
index 258e94e7e6..78fa140b31 100644
--- a/dm/DMSrcSink.cpp
+++ b/dm/DMSrcSink.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "SkSVGCanvas.h"
 #include "SkStream.h"
 #include "SkTLogic.h"
-#include "SkXMLWriter.h"
 #include "SkSwizzler.h"
 #include <functional>
 
@@ -46,6 +45,10 @@
     #include "qcms.h"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(SK_XML)
+    #include "SkXMLWriter.h"
+#endif
+
 DEFINE_bool(multiPage, false, "For document-type backends, render the source"
             " into multiple pages");
 DEFINE_bool(RAW_threading, true, "Allow RAW decodes to run on multiple threads?");
@@ -1205,11 +1208,15 @@ Error SKPSink::draw(const Src& src, SkBitmap*, SkWStream* dst, SkString*) const
 SVGSink::SVGSink() {}
 
 Error SVGSink::draw(const Src& src, SkBitmap*, SkWStream* dst, SkString*) const {
+#if defined(SK_XML)
     SkAutoTDelete<SkXMLWriter> xmlWriter(new SkXMLStreamWriter(dst));
     SkAutoTUnref<SkCanvas> canvas(SkSVGCanvas::Create(
         SkRect::MakeWH(SkIntToScalar(src.size().width()), SkIntToScalar(src.size().height())),
         xmlWriter));
     return src.draw(canvas);
+#else
+    return Error("SVG sink is disabled.");
+#endif // SK_XML
 }
 
 /*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
diff --git a/gyp/xml.gyp b/gyp/xml.gyp
index f7cb429dc0..6529d0c471 100644
--- a/gyp/xml.gyp
+++ b/gyp/xml.gyp
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
         'include_dirs': [
           '../include/xml',
         ],
+        'defines' : [
+          'SK_XML',
+        ],
       },
     },
   ],
diff --git a/tests/SkDOMTest.cpp b/tests/SkDOMTest.cpp
index aca2c4870b..34bd8dd8b3 100644
--- a/tests/SkDOMTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/SkDOMTest.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file.
  */
 
-#include "SkDOM.h"
 #include "Test.h"
 
+#if defined(SK_XML)
+
+#include "SkDOM.h"
+
 DEF_TEST(SkDOM_test, r) {
     static const char gDoc[] =
         "<root a='1' b='2'>"
@@ -37,3 +40,5 @@ DEF_TEST(SkDOM_test, r) {
     REPORTER_ASSERT(r, dom.getFirstChild(root, "elem1"));
     REPORTER_ASSERT(r, !dom.getFirstChild(root, "subelem1"));
 }
+
+#endif // SK_XML