diff --git a/xpath.c b/xpath.c
index 8ee0805..6dba293 100644
--- a/xpath.c
+++ b/xpath.c
@@ -11322,7 +11322,8 @@
 	    }
 	}
 
-	stream = xmlPatterncompile(str, dict, 0, &namespaces[0]);
+	stream = xmlPatterncompile(str, dict, XML_PATTERN_XPATH,
+			&namespaces[0]);
 	if ((stream != NULL) && (xmlPatternStreamable(stream) == 1)) {
 	    comp = xmlXPathNewCompExpr();
 	    if (comp == NULL) {