diff --git a/src/Ruleset.php b/src/Ruleset.php
index a50dde2a95..b20618686c 100644
--- a/src/Ruleset.php
+++ b/src/Ruleset.php
@@ -315,11 +315,21 @@ public function processRuleset($rulesetPath, $depth=0)
             echo 'Processing ruleset '.Util\Common::stripBasepath($rulesetPath, $this->config->basepath).PHP_EOL;
         }
 
-        $ruleset = @simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($rulesetPath));
+        libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
+        $ruleset = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($rulesetPath));
         if ($ruleset === false) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Ruleset $rulesetPath is not valid");
+            $errorMsg = "Ruleset $rulesetPath is not valid".PHP_EOL;
+            $errors   = libxml_get_errors();
+            foreach ($errors as $error) {
+                $errorMsg .= '- On line '.$error->line.', column '.$error->column.': '.$error->message;
+            }
+
+            libxml_clear_errors();
+            throw new RuntimeException($errorMsg);
         }
 
+        libxml_use_internal_errors(false);
+
         $ownSniffs      = [];
         $includedSniffs = [];
         $excludedSniffs = [];
diff --git a/src/Util/Standards.php b/src/Util/Standards.php
index e38d0b327e..a5436c2594 100644
--- a/src/Util/Standards.php
+++ b/src/Util/Standards.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public static function getInstalledStandardDetails(
         $installedStandards = [];
 
         foreach ($rulesets as $rulesetPath) {
-            $ruleset = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($rulesetPath));
+            $ruleset = @simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($rulesetPath));
             if ($ruleset === false) {
                 continue;
             }