diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 022f6e8..4251595 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set(HEADER_FILES
     enterpassworddialog/enterpassworddialog.h
     misc/dialogutils.h
     misc/desktoputils.h
+    misc/xmlparsermacros.h
     models/checklistmodel.h
     resources/qtconfigarguments.h
     resources/resources.h
diff --git a/misc/xmlparsermacros.h b/misc/xmlparsermacros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f9ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/xmlparsermacros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <QXmlStreamReader>
+
+/*!
+ * \file xmlparsermacros.h
+ * \brief Macros to utilize XML parsing using QXmlStreamReader.
+ * \sa For an example, see dbquery.cpp of the tageditor project.
+ */
+
+#ifndef xmlReader
+# error "xmlReader must be defined to use these macros."
+#endif
+
+#ifdef iftag
+# undef iftag
+#endif
+#define iftag(tagName) if(xmlReader.name() == QLatin1String(tagName))
+
+#ifdef eliftag
+# undef eliftag
+#endif
+#define eliftag(tagName) else if(xmlReader.name() == QLatin1String(tagName))
+
+#ifdef else_skip
+# undef else_skip
+#endif
+#define else_skip else { xmlReader.skipCurrentElement(); }
+
+#ifdef children
+# undef children
+#endif
+#define children while(xmlReader.readNextStartElement())
+
+#ifdef text
+# undef text
+#endif
+#define text xmlReader.readElementText(QXmlStreamReader::ErrorOnUnexpectedElement)
+
+#ifdef attribute
+# undef attribute
+#endif
+#define attribute(attributeName) xmlReader.attributes().value(QLatin1String(attributeName))
diff --git a/qtutilities.pro b/qtutilities.pro
index bfaed88..d059c4e 100644
--- a/qtutilities.pro
+++ b/qtutilities.pro
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     models/checklistmodel.h \
     resources/qtconfigarguments.h \
     misc/dialogutils.h \
-    misc/desktoputils.h
+    misc/desktoputils.h \
+    misc/xmlparsermacros.h
 
 SOURCES += resources/resources.cpp \
     models/checklistmodel.cpp \