diff --git a/src/mergerepo_c.c b/src/mergerepo_c.c
index 0d532428..eab1a9fa 100644
--- a/src/mergerepo_c.c
+++ b/src/mergerepo_c.c
@@ -875,6 +875,10 @@ dump_merged_metadata(GHashTable *merged_hashtable,
 {
     GError *tmp_err = NULL;
 
+    // Set up XML dump parameters
+
+    cr_xml_dump_init();
+
     // Create/Open output xml files
 
     cr_ContentStat *pri_stat = cr_contentstat_new(CR_CHECKSUM_SHA256, NULL);
diff --git a/src/modifyrepo_shared.c b/src/modifyrepo_shared.c
index 7c7becdb..233bb03c 100644
--- a/src/modifyrepo_shared.c
+++ b/src/modifyrepo_shared.c
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ cr_modifyrepo(GSList *modifyrepotasks, gchar *repopath, GError **err)
         return FALSE;
     }
 
+    // Set up XML dump parameters
+
+    cr_xml_dump_init();
+
+    // Dump repomd.xml
+
     cr_Repomd *repomd = cr_repomd_new();
     int rc = cr_xml_parse_repomd(repomd_path, repomd, cr_warning_cb,
                                   "Repomd XML parser", err);