diff --git a/include/wx/xml/xml.h b/include/wx/xml/xml.h
index 9ed8e617f9..67fe18bf7c 100644
--- a/include/wx/xml/xml.h
+++ b/include/wx/xml/xml.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "wx/list.h"
 #include "wx/textbuf.h"
 #include "wx/versioninfo.h"
+#include "wx/filefn.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -222,6 +223,15 @@ enum wxXmlDocumentLoadFlag
     wxXMLDOC_KEEP_WHITESPACE_NODES = 1
 };
 
+// Create an instance of this and pass it to wxXmlDocument::Load()
+// to get detailed error information in case of failure.
+struct wxXmlParseError
+{
+    wxString message;
+    int line = 0;
+    int column = 0;
+    wxFileOffset offset = 0;
+};
 
 // This class holds XML data/document as parsed by XML parser.
 
@@ -238,8 +248,8 @@ public:
 
     // Parses .xml file and loads data. Returns TRUE on success, FALSE
     // otherwise.
-    bool Load(const wxString& filename, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE);
-    bool Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE);
+    bool Load(const wxString& filename, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE, wxXmlParseError* err = nullptr);
+    bool Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE, wxXmlParseError* err = nullptr);
 
     // Saves document as .xml file.
     virtual bool Save(const wxString& filename, int indentstep = 2) const;
diff --git a/interface/wx/xml/xml.h b/interface/wx/xml/xml.h
index 88c66712a4..6477391cc9 100644
--- a/interface/wx/xml/xml.h
+++ b/interface/wx/xml/xml.h
@@ -557,6 +557,20 @@ enum wxXmlDocumentLoadFlag
 };
 
 
+/**
+  Pass this structure to wxXmlDocument::Load() to get more information
+  if an error occurred during XML parsing.
+
+  @since 3.3.0
+ */
+struct wxXmlParseError
+{
+    wxString message;   ///< Error description
+    int line;           ///< Line number where error occurred
+    int column;         ///< Column number where error occurred
+    int byte_offset;    ///< Byte offset where error occurred
+};
+
 
 /**
     @class wxXmlDocument
@@ -827,15 +841,21 @@ public:
         less memory however makes impossible to recreate exactly the loaded text with a
         Save() call later. Read the initial description of this class for more info.
 
+        Create an wxXmlParseError object and pass it to this function to get more
+        information if an error occurred during XML parsing (this parameter is
+        only available since wxWidgets 3.3.0).
+
         Returns true on success, false otherwise.
     */
-    bool Load(const wxString& filename, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE);
+    bool Load(const wxString& filename, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE,
+              wxXmlParseError* err = nullptr);
 
     /**
         Like Load(const wxString&, int) but takes the data from given input
         stream.
     */
-    bool Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE);
+    bool Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags = wxXMLDOC_NONE,
+              wxXmlParseError* err = nullptr);
 
     /**
         Saves XML tree creating a file named with given string.
diff --git a/src/xml/xml.cpp b/src/xml/xml.cpp
index 9076bf1f3c..bd1c64526b 100644
--- a/src/xml/xml.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/xml.cpp
@@ -482,12 +482,13 @@ void wxXmlDocument::DoCopy(const wxXmlDocument& doc)
         m_docNode.reset();
 }
 
-bool wxXmlDocument::Load(const wxString& filename, int flags)
+bool wxXmlDocument::Load(const wxString& filename, int flags,
+                         wxXmlParseError* err)
 {
     wxFileInputStream stream(filename);
     if (!stream.IsOk())
         return false;
-    return Load(stream, flags);
+    return Load(stream, flags, err);
 }
 
 bool wxXmlDocument::Save(const wxString& filename, int indentstep) const
@@ -820,7 +821,8 @@ static int UnknownEncodingHnd(void * WXUNUSED(encodingHandlerData),
 
 } // extern "C"
 
-bool wxXmlDocument::Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags)
+bool wxXmlDocument::Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags,
+                         wxXmlParseError* err)
 {
     const size_t BUFSIZE = 16384;
     char buf[BUFSIZE];
@@ -852,11 +854,21 @@ bool wxXmlDocument::Load(wxInputStream& stream, int flags)
         done = (len < BUFSIZE);
         if (!XML_Parse(parser, buf, len, done))
         {
-            wxString error(XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(parser)),
-                           *wxConvCurrent);
-            wxLogError(_("XML parsing error: '%s' at line %d"),
-                       error.c_str(),
-                       (int)XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser));
+            if (err)
+            {
+                err->message = XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(parser));
+                err->line = (int)XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser);
+                err->column = (int)XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber(parser);
+                err->offset = XML_GetCurrentByteIndex(parser);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                wxString error(XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(parser)),
+                               *wxConvCurrent);
+                wxLogError(_("XML parsing error: '%s' at line %d"),
+                           error.c_str(),
+                           (int)XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser));
+            }
             ok = false;
             break;
         }