diff --git a/xmllint.c b/xmllint.c
index 099084b..3dd413a 100644
--- a/xmllint.c
+++ b/xmllint.c
@@ -565,15 +565,31 @@
 #ifdef LIBXML_DEBUG_ENABLED
 	if (!debug) {
 #endif
-	    if (compress)
+	    if (memory) {
+		xmlChar *result;
+		int len;
+
+		if (encoding != NULL) {
+		    xmlDocDumpMemoryEnc(doc, &result, &len, encoding);
+		} else {
+		    xmlDocDumpMemory(doc, &result, &len);
+		}
+		if (result == NULL) {
+		    fprintf(stderr, "Failed to save\n");
+		} else {
+		    write(1, result, len);
+		    xmlFree(result);
+		}
+	    } else if (compress)
 		xmlSaveFile("-", doc);
 	    else if (encoding != NULL)
 	        xmlSaveFileEnc("-", doc, encoding);
 	    else
 		xmlDocDump(stdout, doc);
 #ifdef LIBXML_DEBUG_ENABLED
-	} else
+	} else {
 	    xmlDebugDumpDocument(stdout, doc);
+	}
 #endif
     }