diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0ae3dc..399c4c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ if(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 endif(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 add_library(tinyxml2 SHARED tinyxml2.cpp tinyxml2.h)
 set_target_properties(tinyxml2 PROPERTIES
+        COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "TINYXML2_EXPORT"
 	VERSION "${GENERIC_LIB_VERSION}"
 	SOVERSION "${GENERIC_LIB_SOVERSION}")
 
diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 50022f4..5880557 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -1637,6 +1637,13 @@ XMLError XMLDocument::LoadFile( FILE* fp )
 {
     Clear();
 
+    fseek( fp, 0, SEEK_SET );
+    fgetc( fp );
+    if ( ferror( fp ) != 0 ) {
+        SetError( XML_ERROR_FILE_READ_ERROR, 0, 0 );
+        return _errorID;
+    }
+
     fseek( fp, 0, SEEK_END );
     size_t size = ftell( fp );
     fseek( fp, 0, SEEK_SET );