diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index 1fece701b..341ca15e2 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,11 @@ bool Library::load(const tinyxml2::XMLDocument &doc)
         return false;
 
     for (const tinyxml2::XMLElement *node = rootnode->FirstChildElement(); node; node = node->NextSiblingElement()) {
-        if (strcmp(node->Name(),"memory")==0) {
-            while (!ismemory(++allocid));
+        if (strcmp(node->Name(),"memory")==0 || strcmp(node->Name(),"resource")==0) {
+            if (strcmp(node->Name(), "memory")==0)
+                while (!ismemory(++allocid));
+            else
+                while (!isresource(++allocid));
             for (const tinyxml2::XMLElement *memorynode = node->FirstChildElement(); memorynode; memorynode = memorynode->NextSiblingElement()) {
                 if (strcmp(memorynode->Name(),"alloc")==0) {
                     _alloc[memorynode->GetText()] = allocid;
diff --git a/test/testlibrary.cpp b/test/testlibrary.cpp
index 74f958245..06537cf85 100644
--- a/test/testlibrary.cpp
+++ b/test/testlibrary.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(function);
         TEST_CASE(function_arg);
         TEST_CASE(memory);
+        TEST_CASE(resource);
     }
 
     void empty() {
@@ -111,6 +112,27 @@ private:
         ASSERT(Library::ismemory(library.alloc("CreateX")));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(library.alloc("CreateX"), library.dealloc("DeleteX"));
     }
+
+    void resource() {
+        const char xmldata[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+                               "<def>\n"
+                               "  <resource>\n"
+                               "    <alloc>CreateX</alloc>\n"
+                               "    <dealloc>DeleteX</dealloc>\n"
+                               "  </resource>\n"
+                               "</def>";
+        tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
+        doc.Parse(xmldata, sizeof(xmldata));
+
+        Library library;
+        library.load(doc);
+        ASSERT(library.use.empty());
+        ASSERT(library.leakignore.empty());
+        ASSERT(library.argumentChecks.empty());
+
+        ASSERT(Library::isresource(library.alloc("CreateX")));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(library.alloc("CreateX"), library.dealloc("DeleteX"));
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestLibrary)