diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index bfd34c14..3dfd53c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
     Type: feature
     Closes: SF bug #1985509
 
+  * Support parsing of HTML pages served with application/xhtml+xml
+    content type.
+    Type: bugfix
+    Closes: SF bug #1994104
+
 4.9 "Michael Clayton" (released 25.4.2008)
 
   * Parse Shockwave Flash (SWF) for URLs to check
diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/httpurl.py b/linkcheck/checker/httpurl.py
index 2f06353d..73d75e14 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/httpurl.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/httpurl.py
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ Use URL %(newurl)s instead for checking.""") % {
         Parse file contents for new links to check.
         """
         ctype = headers.get_content_type(self.headers)
-        if ctype == "text/html":
+        if ctype in ("text/html", "application/xhtml+xml"):
             self.parse_html()
         elif ctype == "text/css":
             self.parse_css()