diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2f1f5b5..83ff9ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CHANGES IN Mini-XML 2.7
 	  exceptions to the LGPL2 (STR #108)
 	- The shared library did not include a destructor for the thread-
 	  specific data key on UNIX-based operating systems (STR #103)
+	- mxmlLoad* did not error out on XML with multiple root nodes (STR #101)
 
 
 CHANGES IN Mini-XML 2.6
diff --git a/mxml-file.c b/mxml-file.c
index 8bf52d8..ef2b81e 100644
--- a/mxml-file.c
+++ b/mxml-file.c
@@ -1650,6 +1650,17 @@ mxml_load_data(
 
 	*bufptr = '\0';
 
+        if (!parent && first)
+	{
+	 /*
+	  * There can only be one root element!
+	  */
+
+	  mxml_error("<%s> cannot be a second root node after <%s>", 
+	             buffer, first->value.element.name);
+          goto error; 		     
+	}
+
 	if ((node = mxmlNewElement(parent, buffer)) == NULL)
 	{
 	 /*
@@ -1707,6 +1718,17 @@ mxml_load_data(
 
 	*bufptr = '\0';
 
+        if (!parent && first)
+	{
+	 /*
+	  * There can only be one root element!
+	  */
+
+	  mxml_error("<%s> cannot be a second root node after <%s>", 
+	             buffer, first->value.element.name);
+          goto error; 		     
+	}
+
 	if ((node = mxmlNewElement(parent, buffer)) == NULL)
 	{
 	 /*
@@ -1763,6 +1785,17 @@ mxml_load_data(
 
 	*bufptr = '\0';
 
+        if (!parent && first)
+	{
+	 /*
+	  * There can only be one root element!
+	  */
+
+	  mxml_error("<%s> cannot be a second root node after <%s>", 
+	             buffer, first->value.element.name);
+          goto error; 		     
+	}
+
 	if ((node = mxmlNewElement(parent, buffer)) == NULL)
 	{
 	 /*
@@ -1838,6 +1871,17 @@ mxml_load_data(
 
 	*bufptr = '\0';
 
+        if (!parent && first)
+	{
+	 /*
+	  * There can only be one root element!
+	  */
+
+	  mxml_error("<%s> cannot be a second root node after <%s>", 
+	             buffer, first->value.element.name);
+          goto error; 		     
+	}
+
 	if ((node = mxmlNewElement(parent, buffer)) == NULL)
 	{
 	 /*
@@ -1918,6 +1962,17 @@ mxml_load_data(
         * Handle open tag...
 	*/
 
+        if (!parent && first)
+	{
+	 /*
+	  * There can only be one root element!
+	  */
+
+	  mxml_error("<%s> cannot be a second root node after <%s>", 
+	             buffer, first->value.element.name);
+          goto error; 		     
+	}
+
         if ((node = mxmlNewElement(parent, buffer)) == NULL)
 	{
 	 /*