diff --git a/Nuclex.Support (net-2.0).csproj b/Nuclex.Support (net-2.0).csproj
index 7c280cc..fca6981 100644
--- a/Nuclex.Support (net-2.0).csproj	
+++ b/Nuclex.Support (net-2.0).csproj	
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\net-2.0\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;UNITTEST</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;UNITTEST;USE_XMLDOCUMENT</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <DocumentationFile>bin\net-2.0\Debug\Nuclex.Support.xml</DocumentationFile>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\net-2.0\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;UNITTEST</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;UNITTEST;USE_XMLDOCUMENT</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <DocumentationFile>bin\net-2.0\Release\Nuclex.Support.xml</DocumentationFile>
diff --git a/Nuclex.Support (xna-3.1-xbox360).csproj b/Nuclex.Support (xna-3.1-xbox360).csproj
index 4e387af..a6394af 100644
--- a/Nuclex.Support (xna-3.1-xbox360).csproj	
+++ b/Nuclex.Support (xna-3.1-xbox360).csproj	
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\xna-3.1-xbox360\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;XBOX;XBOX360;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;XNA_3</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;XBOX;XBOX360;USE_XMLDOCUMENT;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;XNA_3</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\xna-3.1-xbox360\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;XBOX;XBOX360;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;XNA_3</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;XBOX;XBOX360;USE_XMLDOCUMENT;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;XNA_3</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
diff --git a/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-phone7).csproj b/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-phone7).csproj
index ed8e7b6..d2c20cf 100644
--- a/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-phone7).csproj	
+++ b/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-phone7).csproj	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\xna-4.0-phone7\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;WINDOWS_PHONE;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLDOCUMENT;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;WINDOWS_PHONE;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLSCHEMA;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\xna-4.0-phone7\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;WINDOWS_PHONE;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLDOCUMENT;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;WINDOWS_PHONE;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLSCHEMA;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
diff --git a/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-xbox360).csproj b/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-xbox360).csproj
index 65601a3..526828d 100644
--- a/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-xbox360).csproj	
+++ b/Nuclex.Support (xna-4.0-xbox360).csproj	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\xna-4.0-xbox360\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;XBOX;XBOX360;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLDOCUMENT;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;XBOX;XBOX360;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLSCHEMA;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\xna-4.0-xbox360\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;XBOX;XBOX360;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLDOCUMENT;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;XBOX;XBOX360;NO_CLONING;NO_SERIALIZATION;NO_XMLSCHEMA;NO_SYSTEMEVENTS;NO_EXITCONTEXT</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
diff --git a/Source/XmlHelper.Test.cs b/Source/XmlHelper.Test.cs
index 6207b26..7783007 100644
--- a/Source/XmlHelper.Test.cs
+++ b/Source/XmlHelper.Test.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;
+#if !USE_XMLDOCUMENT
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+#endif
 using System.Xml.Schema;
 
 using NUnit.Framework;
@@ -295,7 +298,11 @@ namespace Nuclex.Support {
         using(
           TempFileKeeper tempFile = new TempFileKeeper(conformantXml)
         ) {
+#if USE_XMLDOCUMENT
           XmlDocument document = XmlHelper.LoadDocument(schema, tempFile);
+#else
+          XDocument document = XmlHelper.LoadDocument(schema, tempFile);
+#endif
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/Source/XmlHelper.cs b/Source/XmlHelper.cs
index 64e83d6..0825d79 100644
--- a/Source/XmlHelper.cs
+++ b/Source/XmlHelper.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Xml;
+#if !USE_XMLDOCUMENT
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+#endif
 using System.Xml.Schema;
 
 namespace Nuclex.Support {
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Nuclex.Support {
   /// <summary>Helper routines for handling XML code</summary>
   public static class XmlHelper {
 
-#if !NO_XMLDOCUMENT
+#if !NO_XMLSCHEMA
 
     #region class ValidationEventProcessor
 
@@ -142,6 +145,8 @@ namespace Nuclex.Support {
       return false;
     }
 
+#if USE_XMLDOCUMENT
+
     /// <summary>Loads an XML document from a file</summary>
     /// <param name="schema">Schema to use for validating the XML document</param>
     /// <param name="documentPath">
@@ -179,6 +184,52 @@ namespace Nuclex.Support {
       }
     }
 
+#else // !USE_XMLDOCUMENT
+
+    /// <summary>Loads an XML document from a file</summary>
+    /// <param name="schema">Schema to use for validating the XML document</param>
+    /// <param name="documentPath">
+    ///   Path to the file containing the XML document that will be loaded
+    /// </param>
+    /// <returns>The loaded XML document</returns>
+    public static XDocument LoadDocument(XmlSchema schema, string documentPath) {
+      using(FileStream documentStream = openFileForSharedReading(documentPath)) {
+        return LoadDocument(schema, documentStream);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Loads an XML document from a stream</summary>
+    /// <param name="schema">Schema to use for validating the XML document</param>
+    /// <param name="documentStream">
+    ///   Stream from which the XML document will be read
+    /// </param>
+    /// <returns>The loaded XML document</returns>
+    public static XDocument LoadDocument(XmlSchema schema, Stream documentStream) {
+      XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
+      settings.Schemas.Add(schema);
+
+      using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(documentStream, settings)) {
+        var document = XDocument.Load(reader, LoadOptions.None);
+
+        // Create a schema set because the Validate() method only accepts
+        // schemas in a schemaset
+        var schemas = new XmlSchemaSet();
+        schemas.Add(schema);
+
+        // Perform the validation and report the first validation error
+        // encountered to the caller
+        var validationEventProcessor = new ValidationEventProcessor();
+        document.Validate(schemas, validationEventProcessor.OnValidationEvent);
+        if (validationEventProcessor.OccurredException != null) {
+          throw validationEventProcessor.OccurredException;
+        }
+
+        return document;
+      }
+    }
+
+#endif // USE_XMLDOCUMENT
+
     /// <summary>Opens a file for shared reading</summary>
     /// <param name="path">Path to the file that will be opened</param>
     /// <returns>The opened file's stream</returns>
@@ -209,7 +260,7 @@ namespace Nuclex.Support {
       return false;
     }
 
-#endif // !NO_XMLDOCUMENT
+#endif // !NO_XMLSCHEMA
 
   }