1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb
index 073fcc2c21..9456ea8599 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ module REXML
             @listener.send( event[0].to_s, *event[1..-1] )
           when :entitydecl, :notationdecl
             @listener.send( event[0].to_s, event[1..-1] )
+          when :externalentity
+            entity_reference = event[1]
+            content = entity_reference.gsub(/\A%|;\z/, "")
+            @listener.entity(content)
           end
         end
       end