Index: docs/manual/mod/mod_include.xml
===================================================================
--- docs/manual/mod/mod_include.xml	(revision 106274)
+++ docs/manual/mod/mod_include.xml	(working copy)
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@
       parsed file has <a href="core.html#options">Options</a>
       <code>IncludesNOEXEC</code> set, then only documents with
       a text MIME type (<code>text/plain</code>, <code>text/html</code>
+      etc.) or an application/foo+xml MIME type
+      (<code>application/xhtml+xml</code>, <code>application/rdf+xml</code>
       etc.) will be included. Otherwise CGI scripts are invoked as normal
       using the complete URL given in the command, including any query
       string.</p>
Index: modules/filters/mod_include.c
===================================================================
--- modules/filters/mod_include.c	(revision 106274)
+++ modules/filters/mod_include.c	(working copy)
@@ -1674,10 +1674,25 @@
         }
 
         if (!error_fmt && (ctx->flags & SSI_FLAG_NO_EXEC) &&
-            rr->content_type && strncmp(rr->content_type, "text/", 5)) {
+            rr->content_type) {
+            int decline = 1;
+            if (!strncmp(rr->content_type, "text/", 5)) {
+                decline = 0;
+            } else if (!strncmp(rr->content_type, "application/", 12)) {
+                const char * pos = ap_strchr_c(rr->content_type, ';');
+                if (!pos) {
+                    pos = rr->content_type + strlen(rr->content_type);
+                }
+                pos -= 4;
+                if (!strncmp(pos, "+xml", 4)) {
+                    decline = 0;
+                }
+            }
 
-            error_fmt = "unable to include potential exec \"%s\" in parsed "
-                        "file %s";
+            if (decline) {
+                error_fmt = "unable to include potential exec \"%s\" in parsed "
+                            "file %s";
+            }
         }
 
         /* See the Kludge in includes_filter for why.