diff --git a/src/main/java/sirius/biz/jobs/batch/file/XMLImportJob.java b/src/main/java/sirius/biz/jobs/batch/file/XMLImportJob.java
index 259274dce..8cbcd1947 100644
--- a/src/main/java/sirius/biz/jobs/batch/file/XMLImportJob.java
+++ b/src/main/java/sirius/biz/jobs/batch/file/XMLImportJob.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 import sirius.kernel.commons.Strings;
 import sirius.kernel.di.std.Part;
 import sirius.kernel.health.Exceptions;
+import sirius.kernel.xml.NoContentNodeHandler;
 import sirius.kernel.xml.NodeHandler;
+import sirius.kernel.xml.StructuredNode;
 import sirius.kernel.xml.XMLReader;
 import sirius.web.resources.Resource;
 import sirius.web.resources.Resources;
@@ -126,15 +128,28 @@ protected Resource getXsdResource() throws Exception {
     protected void executeProcessingStage(InputStream in, Consumer<BiConsumer<String, NodeHandler>> stage)
             throws Exception {
         XMLReader reader = new XMLReader();
-        stage.accept((name, originalHandler) -> {
-            reader.addHandler(name, structuredNode -> {
-                if (importer.getContext().getEventDispatcher().isActive()) {
-                    AfterNodeLoadEvent event = new AfterNodeLoadEvent(structuredNode, importer.getContext());
-                    importer.getContext().getEventDispatcher().handleEvent(event);
+        if (importer.getContext().getEventDispatcher().isActive()) {
+            stage.accept((name, originalHandler) -> {
+                if (originalHandler.ignoreContent()) {
+                    reader.addHandler(name, new NoContentNodeHandler() {
+                        @Override
+                        public void process(StructuredNode node) {
+                            AfterNodeLoadEvent event = new AfterNodeLoadEvent(node, importer.getContext());
+                            importer.getContext().getEventDispatcher().handleEvent(event);
+                            originalHandler.process(node);
+                        }
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    reader.addHandler(name, node -> {
+                        AfterNodeLoadEvent event = new AfterNodeLoadEvent(node, importer.getContext());
+                        importer.getContext().getEventDispatcher().handleEvent(event);
+                        originalHandler.process(node);
+                    });
                 }
-                originalHandler.process(structuredNode);
             });
-        });
+        } else {
+            stage.accept(reader::addHandler);
+        }
         reader.parse(in, this::resolveResource);
     }