diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6d20ee4..67b32a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ sasl = { path = "sasl" }
 tokio-xmpp = { path = "tokio-xmpp" }
 xmpp-parsers = { path = "parsers" }
 xmpp = { path = "xmpp" }
+xso = { path = "xso" }
diff --git a/parsers/Cargo.toml b/parsers/Cargo.toml
index e6f277b..c192243 100644
--- a/parsers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parsers/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.5", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 # same repository dependencies
 jid = { version = "0.10", features = ["minidom"], path = "../jid" }
 minidom = { version = "0.15", path = "../minidom" }
+xso = { version = "0.0.2" }
 
 [features]
 # Build xmpp-parsers to make components instead of clients.
diff --git a/parsers/src/util/error.rs b/parsers/src/util/error.rs
index b541266..377d666 100644
--- a/parsers/src/util/error.rs
+++ b/parsers/src/util/error.rs
@@ -131,3 +131,18 @@ impl From<chrono::ParseError> for Error {
         Error::ChronoParseError(err)
     }
 }
+
+impl From<Error> for xso::error::Error {
+    fn from(other: Error) -> Self {
+        match other {
+            Error::ParseError(e) => Self::Other(e.to_string().into()),
+            Error::TypeMismatch { .. } => Self::TypeMismatch,
+            Error::Base64Error(e) => Self::TextParseError(Box::new(e)),
+            Error::ParseIntError(e) => Self::TextParseError(Box::new(e)),
+            Error::ParseStringError(e) => Self::TextParseError(Box::new(e)),
+            Error::ParseAddrError(e) => Self::TextParseError(Box::new(e)),
+            Error::JidParseError(e) => Self::TextParseError(Box::new(e)),
+            Error::ChronoParseError(e) => Self::TextParseError(Box::new(e)),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/parsers/src/util/macros.rs b/parsers/src/util/macros.rs
index 8815654..e17d89e 100644
--- a/parsers/src/util/macros.rs
+++ b/parsers/src/util/macros.rs
@@ -676,6 +676,23 @@ macro_rules! generate_element {
             )*
         }
 
+        impl ::xso::FromXml for $elem {
+            type Builder = ::xso::minidom_compat::FromEventsViaElement<$elem>;
+
+            fn from_events(
+                qname: ::xso::exports::rxml::QName,
+                attrs: ::xso::exports::rxml::AttrMap,
+            ) -> Result<Self::Builder, ::xso::error::FromEventsError> {
+                if qname.0 != crate::ns::$ns || qname.1 != $name {
+                    return Err(::xso::error::FromEventsError::Mismatch {
+                        name: qname,
+                        attrs,
+                    })
+                }
+                Self::Builder::new(qname, attrs)
+            }
+        }
+
         impl ::std::convert::TryFrom<crate::Element> for $elem {
             type Error = crate::util::error::Error;
 
@@ -748,6 +765,14 @@ macro_rules! generate_element {
                 builder.build()
             }
         }
+
+        impl ::xso::IntoXml for $elem {
+            type EventIter = ::xso::minidom_compat::IntoEventsViaElement;
+
+            fn into_event_iter(self) -> Result<Self::EventIter, ::xso::error::Error> {
+                Self::EventIter::new(self)
+            }
+        }
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/xso/src/error.rs b/xso/src/error.rs
index 5da472d..15728f6 100644
--- a/xso/src/error.rs
+++ b/xso/src/error.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Attempt to parse text data failed with the provided nested error.
     TextParseError(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),
 
+    /// Generic, unspecified other error.
+    Other(Box<str>),
+
     /// An element header did not match an expected element.
     ///
     /// This is only rarely generated: most of the time, a mismatch of element
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Self::XmlError(ref e) => write!(f, "xml parse error: {}", e),
             Self::TextParseError(ref e) => write!(f, "text parse error: {}", e),
             Self::TypeMismatch => f.write_str("mismatch between expected and actual XML data"),
+            Self::Other(msg) => f.write_str(msg),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -61,6 +65,12 @@ impl From<rxml::strings::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<std::convert::Infallible> for Error {
+    fn from(other: std::convert::Infallible) -> Self {
+        match other {}
+    }
+}
+
 /// Error returned from
 /// [`FromXml::from_events`][`crate::FromXml::from_events`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -87,6 +97,12 @@ impl From<Error> for FromEventsError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<std::convert::Infallible> for FromEventsError {
+    fn from(other: std::convert::Infallible) -> Self {
+        match other {}
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for FromEventsError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
diff --git a/xso/src/lib.rs b/xso/src/lib.rs
index c38f386..d9bd748 100644
--- a/xso/src/lib.rs
+++ b/xso/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ use of this library in parsing XML streams like specified in RFC 6120.
 pub mod error;
 pub mod minidom_compat;
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub mod exports {
+    pub use rxml;
+}
+
 /// Trait allowing to consume a struct and iterate its contents as
 /// serialisable [`rxml::Event`] items.
 pub trait IntoXml {
diff --git a/xso/src/minidom_compat.rs b/xso/src/minidom_compat.rs
index fffe2e2..bbe0e19 100644
--- a/xso/src/minidom_compat.rs
+++ b/xso/src/minidom_compat.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 // file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::vec::IntoIter;
 
 use minidom::{Element, Node};
@@ -235,6 +236,73 @@ impl FromXml for Element {
     }
 }
 
+/// Helper struct to streamingly parse a struct which implements conversion
+/// from [`minidom::Element`].
+pub struct FromEventsViaElement<T> {
+    inner: ElementFromEvents,
+    // needed here because we need to keep the type `T` around until
+    // `FromEventsBuilder` is done and it must always be the same type, so we
+    // have to nail it down in the struct's type, and to do that we need to
+    // bind it to a field. that's what PhantomData is for.
+    _phantom: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<E, T: TryFrom<minidom::Element, Error = E>> FromEventsViaElement<T>
+where
+    Error: From<E>,
+{
+    /// Create a new streaming parser for `T`.
+    pub fn new(qname: rxml::QName, attrs: rxml::AttrMap) -> Result<Self, FromEventsError> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            _phantom: PhantomData,
+            inner: Element::from_events(qname, attrs)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<E, T: TryFrom<minidom::Element, Error = E>> FromEventsBuilder for FromEventsViaElement<T>
+where
+    Error: From<E>,
+{
+    type Output = T;
+
+    fn feed(&mut self, ev: Event) -> Result<Option<Self::Output>, Error> {
+        match self.inner.feed(ev) {
+            Ok(Some(v)) => Ok(Some(v.try_into()?)),
+            Ok(None) => Ok(None),
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Helper struct to stream a struct which implements conversion
+/// to [`minidom::Element`].
+pub struct IntoEventsViaElement {
+    inner: IntoEvents,
+}
+
+impl IntoEventsViaElement {
+    /// Create a new streaming parser for `T`.
+    pub fn new<E, T>(value: T) -> Result<Self, crate::error::Error>
+    where
+        Error: From<E>,
+        minidom::Element: TryFrom<T, Error = E>,
+    {
+        let element: minidom::Element = value.try_into()?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: element.into_event_iter()?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for IntoEventsViaElement {
+    type Item = Result<Event, Error>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        self.inner.next()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;