diff --git a/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.cpp b/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.cpp
index ac8495a2..735d6a12 100644
--- a/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.cpp
+++ b/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.cpp
@@ -51,12 +51,18 @@ void KeePass2XmlReader::readDatabase(QIODevice* device, Database* db, KeePass2Ra
 
     m_tmpParent = new Group();
 
+    bool rootGroupParsed = false;
+
     if (!m_xml.error() && m_xml.readNextStartElement()) {
         if (m_xml.name() == "KeePassFile") {
-            parseKeePassFile();
+            rootGroupParsed = parseKeePassFile();
         }
     }
 
+    if (!m_xml.error() && !rootGroupParsed) {
+        raiseError(28);
+    }
+
     if (!m_xml.error()) {
         if (!m_tmpParent->children().isEmpty()) {
             qWarning("KeePass2XmlReader::readDatabase: found %d invalid group reference(s)",
@@ -141,21 +147,25 @@ QByteArray KeePass2XmlReader::headerHash()
     return m_headerHash;
 }
 
-void KeePass2XmlReader::parseKeePassFile()
+bool KeePass2XmlReader::parseKeePassFile()
 {
     Q_ASSERT(m_xml.isStartElement() && m_xml.name() == "KeePassFile");
 
+    bool rootParsed = false;
+
     while (!m_xml.error() && m_xml.readNextStartElement()) {
         if (m_xml.name() == "Meta") {
             parseMeta();
         }
         else if (m_xml.name() == "Root") {
-            parseRoot();
+            rootParsed = parseRoot();
         }
         else {
             skipCurrentElement();
         }
     }
+
+    return rootParsed;
 }
 
 void KeePass2XmlReader::parseMeta()
@@ -409,10 +419,12 @@ void KeePass2XmlReader::parseCustomDataItem()
     }
 }
 
-void KeePass2XmlReader::parseRoot()
+bool KeePass2XmlReader::parseRoot()
 {
     Q_ASSERT(m_xml.isStartElement() && m_xml.name() == "Root");
 
+    bool groupParsed = false;
+
     while (!m_xml.error() && m_xml.readNextStartElement()) {
         if (m_xml.name() == "Group") {
             Group* rootGroup = parseGroup();
@@ -420,6 +432,7 @@ void KeePass2XmlReader::parseRoot()
                 Group* oldRoot = m_db->rootGroup();
                 m_db->setRootGroup(rootGroup);
                 delete oldRoot;
+                groupParsed = true;
             }
         }
         else if (m_xml.name() == "DeletedObjects") {
@@ -429,6 +442,8 @@ void KeePass2XmlReader::parseRoot()
             skipCurrentElement();
         }
     }
+
+    return groupParsed;
 }
 
 Group* KeePass2XmlReader::parseGroup()
diff --git a/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.h b/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.h
index e86c8145..bfae0fd9 100644
--- a/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.h
+++ b/src/format/KeePass2XmlReader.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public:
     QByteArray headerHash();
 
 private:
-    void parseKeePassFile();
+    bool parseKeePassFile();
     void parseMeta();
     void parseMemoryProtection();
     void parseCustomIcons();
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private:
     void parseBinaries();
     void parseCustomData();
     void parseCustomDataItem();
-    void parseRoot();
+    bool parseRoot();
     Group* parseGroup();
     void parseDeletedObjects();
     void parseDeletedObject();