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diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Client/XML.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Client/XML.py
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+'''XML lib compatibility layer for the Bcfg2 client'''
+
+# library will use lxml, then builtin xml.etree, then ElementTree
+
+try:
+    from lxml.etree import Element, SubElement, XML, tostring
+    from lxml.etree import XMLSyntaxError as ParseError
+    driver = 'lxml'
+except ImportError:
+    # lxml not available
+    from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError as ParseError
+    try:
+        import xml.etree.ElementTree
+        Element = xml.etree.ElementTree.Element
+        SubElement = xml.etree.ElementTree.SubElement
+        XML = xml.etree.ElementTree.XML
+        def tostring(e, encoding=None, xml_declaration=None):
+            return xml.etree.ElementTree.tostring(e, encoding=encoding)
+        driver = 'etree-py'
+    except ImportError:
+        try:
+            from elementtree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, XML, tostring
+            driver = 'etree'
+            import elementtree.ElementTree
+            Element = elementtree.ElementTree.Element
+            SubElement = elementtree.ElementTree.SubElement
+            XML = elementtree.ElementTree.XML
+            def tostring(e, encoding=None, xml_declaration=None):
+                return elementtree.ElementTree.tostring(e)
+
+        except ImportError:
+            print("Failed to load lxml, xml.etree and elementtree.ElementTree")
+            print("Cannot continue")
+            raise SystemExit(1)
+
+len([Element, SubElement, XML, tostring, ParseError])