diff --git a/.github/workflows/aot-test.yml b/.github/workflows/aot-test.yml
index f5ec8dd..259ece4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aot-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aot-test.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ jobs:
             target/graalvm-native-image/jelly-cli rdf to-jelly --in-format "rdfxml" > rdfxml.jelly && \
             [ -s rdfxml.jelly ]
           
+          # Invalid RDF/XMl input test
+          # Regression test for: https://github.com/Jelly-RDF/cli/issues/217
+          echo 'invalidxml' | \
+            ( ! target/graalvm-native-image/jelly-cli rdf to-jelly --in-format "rdfxml" &> error.txt ) && \
+            grep 'Content is not allowed in prolog' error.txt
+          
           # Test rdf validate
           target/graalvm-native-image/jelly-cli \
             rdf validate out.jelly --compare-to-rdf-file in.nt
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index efdbdbb..1354bb4 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ lazy val graalOptions = Seq(
   "-H:+UsePredicates", // SkipFlow optimization -- will be default in GraalVM 25
   // Make sure we don't include stuff that should be unreachable in the native image
   "-H:AbortOnMethodReachable=*UUID.randomUUID*",
+  // Include XML error messages
+  // Issue: https://github.com/Jelly-RDF/cli/issues/217
+  "-H:IncludeResourceBundles=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.msg.XMLMessages",
 )
 
 lazy val TestSerial = config("test-serial") extend Test