diff --git a/globals.c b/globals.c
index e5b5bc8..565de0e 100644
--- a/globals.c
+++ b/globals.c
@@ -262,8 +262,12 @@
      * Perform initialisation as required by libxml
      */
     initxmlDefaultSAXHandler(&gs->xmlDefaultSAXHandler, 1);
+#ifdef LIBXML_DOCB_ENABLED
     initdocbDefaultSAXHandler(&gs->docbDefaultSAXHandler);
+#endif
+#ifdef LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED
     inithtmlDefaultSAXHandler(&gs->htmlDefaultSAXHandler);
+#endif
     initGenericErrorDefaultFunc(&gs->xmlGenericError);
 
     gs->oldXMLWDcompatibility = 0;
@@ -299,13 +303,7 @@
     gs->xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefaultValue = 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Everything starting from the line below is
- * Automatically generated by build_glob.py.
- * Do not modify the previous line.
- */
-
-
+#ifdef LIBXML_DOCB_ENABLED
 extern xmlSAXHandler docbDefaultSAXHandler;
 #undef	docbDefaultSAXHandler
 xmlSAXHandler *
@@ -315,7 +313,9 @@
     else
 	return (&xmlGetGlobalState()->docbDefaultSAXHandler);
 }
+#endif
 
+#ifdef LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED
 extern xmlSAXHandler htmlDefaultSAXHandler;
 #undef	htmlDefaultSAXHandler
 xmlSAXHandler *
@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@
     else
 	return (&xmlGetGlobalState()->htmlDefaultSAXHandler);
 }
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Everything starting from the line below is
+ * Automatically generated by build_glob.py.
+ * Do not modify the previous line.
+ */
+
 
 extern int oldXMLWDcompatibility;
 #undef	oldXMLWDcompatibility