diff --git a/imagepipeline-base/src/main/java/com/facebook/imageformat/ImageFormatChecker.kt b/imagepipeline-base/src/main/java/com/facebook/imageformat/ImageFormatChecker.kt
index e30f670711..4bbb246d71 100644
--- a/imagepipeline-base/src/main/java/com/facebook/imageformat/ImageFormatChecker.kt
+++ b/imagepipeline-base/src/main/java/com/facebook/imageformat/ImageFormatChecker.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ImageFormatChecker private constructor() {
   private var maxHeaderLength = 0
   private var customImageFormatCheckers: List<FormatChecker>? = null
   private val defaultFormatChecker = DefaultImageFormatChecker()
+  private var binaryXmlEnabled = false
 
   init {
     updateMaxHeaderLength()
@@ -31,11 +32,22 @@ class ImageFormatChecker private constructor() {
     updateMaxHeaderLength()
   }
 
+  fun setBinaryXmlEnabled(binaryXmlEnabled: Boolean) {
+    this.binaryXmlEnabled = binaryXmlEnabled
+  }
+
   @Throws(IOException::class)
   fun determineImageFormat(`is`: InputStream): ImageFormat {
     val imageHeaderBytes = ByteArray(maxHeaderLength)
     val headerSize = readHeaderFromStream(maxHeaderLength, `is`, imageHeaderBytes)
     val format = defaultFormatChecker.determineFormat(imageHeaderBytes, headerSize)
+    if (format == DefaultImageFormats.BINARY_XML) {
+      return if (binaryXmlEnabled) {
+        ImageFormat.BINARY_XML
+      } else {
+        ImageFormat.UNKNOWN
+      }
+    }
     if (format !== ImageFormat.UNKNOWN) {
       return format
     }