diff --git a/report_parser/report_parser.py b/report_parser/report_parser.py
index e33435f..95af3f2 100644
--- a/report_parser/report_parser.py
+++ b/report_parser/report_parser.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import sys
 import json
 import argparse
+import xmltodict
 from pprint import pprint
 
 try:
@@ -47,6 +48,18 @@
         convert_git_ref_path, xml_read
 
 
+def xml_read(file):
+    """" Read the contects of an xml file and convert it to python object """
+
+    data = None
+    try:
+        with open(file, "r") as F:
+            data = xmltodict.parse(F.read())
+    except Exception as E:
+        print("Error", E)
+    return data
+
+
 def split_keys(joint_arg, sep="="):
     """ Split two keys spread by a separator, and return them as a tuple
     with whitespace removed """