diff --git a/src/Core/FlatpakBackend.vala b/src/Core/FlatpakBackend.vala
index 79a5a4301..f6f649e0a 100644
--- a/src/Core/FlatpakBackend.vala
+++ b/src/Core/FlatpakBackend.vala
@@ -1475,7 +1475,8 @@ public class AppCenterCore.FlatpakBackend : Object, Backend {
 
     private static void perform_xml_fixups (string origin_name, File src_file, string dest_path) {
         var path = src_file.get_path ();
-        Xml.Doc* doc = Xml.Parser.parse_file (path);
+        // XML_PARSE_UNZIP
+        Xml.Doc* doc = Xml.Parser.read_file (path, null, 1 << 24);
         if (doc == null) {
             warning ("Appstream XML file %s not found or permissions missing", path);
             return;