diff --git a/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php b/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php
index 1f8b11d..254a550 100644
--- a/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php
+++ b/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ class FluidXml implements FluidInterface
         private ?\FluidXml\FluidContext $context = null;
         private $contextEl;
 
-        public static function load($document)
+        public static function load($document, int $flags = 0)
         {
-                $file     = $document;
-                $document = \file_get_contents($file);
+                $dom = new \DOMDocument();
+                $dom->formatOutput       = true;
+                $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
 
-                // file_get_contents() returns false in case of error.
-                if (! $document) {
-                        throw new \Exception("File '$file' not accessible.");
+                if (! @$dom->load($document, $flags)) {
+                        throw new \Exception("File '$document' not accessible.");
                 }
 
-                return (new FluidXml(null))->addChild($document);
+                return (new FluidXml(null))->addChild($dom);
         }
 
         public function __construct(...$arguments)
diff --git a/specs/FluidXml.php b/specs/FluidXml.php
index 6cac1ef..a331203 100644
--- a/specs/FluidXml.php
+++ b/specs/FluidXml.php
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@
 
                         assert_is_a($actual, \Exception::class);
                 });
+
+                it('should accept libxml flags', function () {
+                        $file = "{$this->out_dir}.test_load_flags.xml";
+                        $doc  = "<root>\n"
+                              . "  <item>value</item>\n"
+                              . "</root>";
+
+                        \file_put_contents($file, $doc);
+                        $xml = FluidXml::load($file, \LIBXML_PARSEHUGE);
+                        \unlink($file);
+
+                        $expected = $doc;
+                        assert_equal_xml($xml, $expected);
+                });
         });
 
         if (\version_compare(\phpversion(), '7', '>=')) {