diff --git a/lime/project/HXProject.hx b/lime/project/HXProject.hx
index 44c8f6d18..dd78375aa 100644
--- a/lime/project/HXProject.hx
+++ b/lime/project/HXProject.hx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import sys.FileSystem;
 import sys.io.File;
 
 #if (lime && !lime_legacy)
+import haxe.xml.Fast;
 import lime.text.Font;
 import lime.tools.helpers.FileHelper;
 import lime.tools.helpers.ProcessHelper;
@@ -619,6 +620,19 @@ class HXProject {
 	}
 	
 	
+	#if (lime && !lime_legacy)
+	
+	public function includeXML (xml:String):Void {
+		
+		var projectXML = new ProjectXMLParser ();
+		@:privateAccess projectXML.parseXML (new Fast (Xml.parse (xml).firstElement ()), "");
+		merge (projectXML);
+		
+	}
+	
+	#end
+	
+	
 	private static function initialize ():Void {
 		
 		if (!initialized) {