diff --git a/dive.h b/dive.h
index e2442818c..da97e012a 100644
--- a/dive.h
+++ b/dive.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static inline char *copy_string(const char *s)
 
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 #include <libxslt/transform.h>
+#include <libxslt/xsltutils.h>
 
 #include "sha1.h"
 #include "units.h"
diff --git a/save-xml.c b/save-xml.c
index 0a76753c6..fe804cb6d 100644
--- a/save-xml.c
+++ b/save-xml.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int export_dives_xslt(const char *filename, const bool selected, const char *exp
 	xmlDoc *doc;
 	xsltStylesheetPtr xslt = NULL;
 	xmlDoc *transformed;
-
+	int res = 0;
 
 	if (!filename)
 		return report_error("No filename for export");
@@ -618,18 +618,19 @@ int export_dives_xslt(const char *filename, const bool selected, const char *exp
 		return report_error("Failed to open export conversion stylesheet");
 
 	transformed = xsltApplyStylesheet(xslt, doc, NULL);
-	xsltFreeStylesheet(xslt);
 	xmlFreeDoc(doc);
 
 	/* Write the transformed export to file */
 	f = subsurface_fopen(filename, "w");
-	if (!f)
-		return report_error("Failed to open %s for writing (%s)", filename, strerror(errno));
-
-	xmlDocFormatDump(f, transformed, 1);
+	if (f) {
+		xsltSaveResultToFile(f, transformed, xslt);
+		fclose(f);
+		/* Check write errors? */
+	} else {
+		res = report_error("Failed to open %s for writing (%s)", filename, strerror(errno));
+	}
+	xsltFreeStylesheet(xslt);
 	xmlFreeDoc(transformed);
 
-	fclose(f);
-	/* Check write errors? */
-	return 0;
+	return res;
 }