diff --git a/src/common/utils.ts b/src/common/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95ea39019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { OwlError } from "./owl_error";
+
+/**
+ * Parses an XML string into an XML document, throwing errors on parser errors
+ * instead of returning an XML document containing the parseerror.
+ *
+ * @param xml the string to parse
+ * @returns an XML document corresponding to the content of the string
+ */
+export function parseXML(xml: string): XMLDocument {
+  const parser = new DOMParser();
+  const doc = parser.parseFromString(xml, "text/xml");
+  if (doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror").length) {
+    let msg = "Invalid XML in template.";
+    const parsererrorText = doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror")[0].textContent;
+    if (parsererrorText) {
+      msg += "\nThe parser has produced the following error message:\n" + parsererrorText;
+      const re = /\d+/g;
+      const firstMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
+      if (firstMatch) {
+        const lineNumber = Number(firstMatch[0]);
+        const line = xml.split("\n")[lineNumber - 1];
+        const secondMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
+        if (line && secondMatch) {
+          const columnIndex = Number(secondMatch[0]) - 1;
+          if (line[columnIndex]) {
+            msg +=
+              `\nThe error might be located at xml line ${lineNumber} column ${columnIndex}\n` +
+              `${line}\n${"-".repeat(columnIndex - 1)}^`;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    throw new OwlError(msg);
+  }
+
+  return doc;
+}
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index ed31ea2a4..7c31945a5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
+import { parseXML } from "../common/utils";
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // AST Type definition
@@ -972,40 +973,3 @@ function normalizeXML(el: Element) {
   normalizeTIf(el);
   normalizeTEscTOut(el);
 }
-
-/**
- * Parses an XML string into an XML document, throwing errors on parser errors
- * instead of returning an XML document containing the parseerror.
- *
- * @param xml the string to parse
- * @returns an XML document corresponding to the content of the string
- */
-function parseXML(xml: string): XMLDocument {
-  const parser = new DOMParser();
-  const doc = parser.parseFromString(xml, "text/xml");
-  if (doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror").length) {
-    let msg = "Invalid XML in template.";
-    const parsererrorText = doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror")[0].textContent;
-    if (parsererrorText) {
-      msg += "\nThe parser has produced the following error message:\n" + parsererrorText;
-      const re = /\d+/g;
-      const firstMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
-      if (firstMatch) {
-        const lineNumber = Number(firstMatch[0]);
-        const line = xml.split("\n")[lineNumber - 1];
-        const secondMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
-        if (line && secondMatch) {
-          const columnIndex = Number(secondMatch[0]) - 1;
-          if (line[columnIndex]) {
-            msg +=
-              `\nThe error might be located at xml line ${lineNumber} column ${columnIndex}\n` +
-              `${line}\n${"-".repeat(columnIndex - 1)}^`;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    throw new OwlError(msg);
-  }
-
-  return doc;
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/template_set.ts b/src/runtime/template_set.ts
index a2148a1bb..5cee95867 100644
--- a/src/runtime/template_set.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/template_set.ts
@@ -4,39 +4,10 @@ import { getCurrent } from "./component_node";
 import { Portal, portalTemplate } from "./portal";
 import { helpers } from "./template_helpers";
 import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
+import { parseXML } from "../common/utils";
 
 const bdom = { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, comment };
 
-function parseXML(xml: string): Document {
-  const parser = new DOMParser();
-
-  const doc = parser.parseFromString(xml, "text/xml");
-  if (doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror").length) {
-    let msg = "Invalid XML in template.";
-    const parsererrorText = doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror")[0].textContent;
-    if (parsererrorText) {
-      msg += "\nThe parser has produced the following error message:\n" + parsererrorText;
-      const re = /\d+/g;
-      const firstMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
-      if (firstMatch) {
-        const lineNumber = Number(firstMatch[0]);
-        const line = xml.split("\n")[lineNumber - 1];
-        const secondMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
-        if (line && secondMatch) {
-          const columnIndex = Number(secondMatch[0]) - 1;
-          if (line[columnIndex]) {
-            msg +=
-              `\nThe error might be located at xml line ${lineNumber} column ${columnIndex}\n` +
-              `${line}\n${"-".repeat(columnIndex - 1)}^`;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    throw new OwlError(msg);
-  }
-  return doc;
-}
-
 export interface TemplateSetConfig {
   dev?: boolean;
   translatableAttributes?: string[];