diff --git a/Source/SWXMLHash.swift b/Source/SWXMLHash.swift
index 9acfdca5..231c19d5 100644
--- a/Source/SWXMLHash.swift
+++ b/Source/SWXMLHash.swift
@@ -425,9 +425,16 @@ class FullXMLParser: NSObject, SimpleXmlParser, XMLParserDelegate {
     }
 
     func parser(_ parser: XMLParser, parseErrorOccurred parseError: Error) {
+#if os(Linux)
+        if let err = parseError as? NSError {
+            parsingError = ParsingError(line: err.userInfo["NSXMLParserErrorLineNumber"] as? Int ?? 0,
+                                        column: err.userInfo["NSXMLParserErrorColumn"] as? Int ?? 0)
+        }
+#else
         let err = parseError as NSError
         parsingError = ParsingError(line: err.userInfo["NSXMLParserErrorLineNumber"] as? Int ?? 0,
                                     column: err.userInfo["NSXMLParserErrorColumn"] as? Int ?? 0)
+#endif
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/SWXMLHashTests/XMLParsingTests.swift b/Tests/SWXMLHashTests/XMLParsingTests.swift
index e4087423..49c20a87 100644
--- a/Tests/SWXMLHashTests/XMLParsingTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SWXMLHashTests/XMLParsingTests.swift
@@ -320,9 +320,11 @@ class XMLParsingTests: XCTestCase {
 
         XCTAssertNotNil(err)
 
+#if !os(Linux)
         if err != nil {
             XCTAssert(err!.line == 1)
         }
+#endif
     }
 }