diff -u libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c
--- libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c
+++ libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c
@@ -2557,8 +2557,8 @@
 		    xmlCharEncoding enc;
 
 		    /*
-		     * Note: external parsed entities will not be loaded, it is
-		     * not required for a non-validating parser, unless the
+		     * Note: external parameter entities will not be loaded, it
+		     * isnot required for a non-validating parser, unless the
 		     * option of validating, or substituting entities were
 		     * given. Doing so is far more secure as the parser will
 		     * only process data coming from the document entity by
@@ -2567,6 +2567,7 @@
                     if ((entity->etype == XML_EXTERNAL_PARAMETER_ENTITY) &&
 		        ((ctxt->options & XML_PARSE_NOENT) == 0) &&
 			((ctxt->options & XML_PARSE_DTDVALID) == 0) &&
+			((ctxt->options & XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD) == 0) &&
 			(ctxt->validate == 0))
 			return;
 
@@ -12382,6 +12383,9 @@
 	return(NULL);
     }
 
+    /* We are loading a DTD */
+    ctxt->options = XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD;
+
     /*
      * Set-up the SAX context
      */
diff -u libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog
--- libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog
+++ libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+libxml2 (2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.8) precise-security; urgency=medium
+
+  * SECURITY REGRESSION: xmllint no longer loads entities with --postvalid
+    (LP: #1321869)
+    - Thanks to Alexey Neyman for proposed patch
+    - https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2014-May/msg00003.html
+
+ -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:32:11 -0400
+
 libxml2 (2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.7) precise-security; urgency=medium
 
   * SECURITY UPDATE: resource exhaustion via external parameter entities