diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/impl/ConfigurableClassLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/impl/ConfigurableClassLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa77570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/impl/ConfigurableClassLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.sun.syndication.feed.impl;
+
+/**
+ * This class addresses some ClassLoader problems in OSGi environments. If you have ClassLoader problems, simply override the default ClassLoader by calling the
+ * {@link #setClassLoader(ClassLoader)} method before calling any ROME code. Unfortunately I don't know whether this works because I have absolutely no
+ * experience with OSGi.
+ * 
+ * @author Patrick Gotthard
+ * 
+ */
+public enum ConfigurableClassLoader {
+
+    INSTANCE;
+
+    private ClassLoader classLoader;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the configured ClassLoader. Returns
+     * 
+     * @return The configured ClassLoader. Returns the ClassLoader of this enum when the ClassLoader was not overridden.
+     */
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+        if (classLoader == null) {
+            classLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.class.getClassLoader();
+        }
+        return classLoader;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Overrides the default ClassLoader (the ClassLoader of this enum).
+     * 
+     * @param classLoader The ClassLoader to set.
+     */
+    public void setClassLoader(final ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        this.classLoader = classLoader;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedInput.java b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedInput.java
index e310031..281e549 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedInput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedInput.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
 
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.WireFeed;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.impl.ConfigurableClassLoader;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.impl.FeedParsers;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.impl.XmlFixerReader;
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public class WireFeedInput {
 
     private static FeedParsers getFeedParsers() {
         synchronized (WireFeedInput.class) {
-            final ClassLoader classLoader = WireFeedInput.class.getClassLoader();
+            final ClassLoader classLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.INSTANCE.getClassLoader();
             FeedParsers parsers = clMap.get(classLoader);
             if (parsers == null) {
                 parsers = new FeedParsers();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedOutput.java b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedOutput.java
index 856e291..398806f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedOutput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/WireFeedOutput.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.jdom2.output.Format;
 import org.jdom2.output.XMLOutputter;
 
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.WireFeed;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.impl.ConfigurableClassLoader;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.impl.FeedGenerators;
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public class WireFeedOutput {
 
     private static FeedGenerators getFeedGenerators() {
         synchronized (WireFeedOutput.class) {
-            final ClassLoader classLoader = WireFeedOutput.class.getClassLoader();
+            final ClassLoader classLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.INSTANCE.getClassLoader();
             FeedGenerators generators = clMap.get(classLoader);
             if (generators == null) {
                 generators = new FeedGenerators();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PluginManager.java b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PluginManager.java
index 2a19039..3f9e9e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PluginManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PluginManager.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.impl.ConfigurableClassLoader;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.DelegatingModuleGenerator;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.DelegatingModuleParser;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.WireFeedGenerator;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public abstract class PluginManager<T> {
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private Class<T>[] getClasses() throws ClassNotFoundException {
-        final ClassLoader classLoader = PluginManager.class.getClassLoader();
+        final ClassLoader classLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.INSTANCE.getClassLoader();
         final List<Class<T>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<T>>();
         final boolean useLoadClass = Boolean.valueOf(System.getProperty("rome.pluginmanager.useloadclass", "false")).booleanValue();
         for (final String propertyValue : propertyValues) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PropertiesLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PropertiesLoader.java
index cd58372..d1572ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PropertiesLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/io/impl/PropertiesLoader.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.impl.ConfigurableClassLoader;
+
 /**
  * Properties loader that aggregates a master properties file and several extra properties files, all from the current classpath.
  * <P>
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ public class PropertiesLoader {
      */
     public static PropertiesLoader getPropertiesLoader() {
         synchronized (PropertiesLoader.class) {
-            final ClassLoader classLoader = PropertiesLoader.class.getClassLoader();
+            final ClassLoader classLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.INSTANCE.getClassLoader();
             PropertiesLoader loader = clMap.get(classLoader);
             if (loader == null) {
                 try {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ public class PropertiesLoader {
      */
     private PropertiesLoader(final String masterFileLocation, final String extraFileLocation) throws IOException {
         final List<Properties> propertiesList = new ArrayList<Properties>();
-        final ClassLoader classLoader = PropertiesLoader.class.getClassLoader();
+        final ClassLoader classLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.INSTANCE.getClassLoader();
 
         try {
             final InputStream is = classLoader.getResourceAsStream(masterFileLocation);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/FeedTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/FeedTest.java
index dbe3ad5..b411582 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/FeedTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/FeedTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.jdom2.input.SAXBuilder;
 import org.jdom2.input.sax.XMLReaders;
 
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.WireFeed;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.impl.ConfigurableClassLoader;
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.SyndFeedInput;
 import com.sun.syndication.io.WireFeedInput;
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ public abstract class FeedTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     protected Reader getFeedReader() throws Exception {
-        final InputStream resource = FeedTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(getFeedFileName());
+        final ClassLoader ClassLoader = ConfigurableClassLoader.INSTANCE.getClassLoader();
+        final InputStream resource = ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(getFeedFileName());
         assertNotNull("Could not find resource " + getFeedFileName(), resource);
         return new InputStreamReader(resource);
     }