diff --git a/contrib/src/xml/xml.cpp b/contrib/src/xml/xml.cpp
index 284b870acb..89ed5a56d9 100644
--- a/contrib/src/xml/xml.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/xml/xml.cpp
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ void wxXmlDocument::CleanUpHandlers()
 void wxXmlDocument::InitStandardHandlers()
 {
     AddHandler(new wxXmlIOHandlerBin);
+    AddHandler(new wxXmlIOHandlerBinZ);
     AddHandler(new wxXmlIOHandlerLibxml);
 }