diff --git a/addons/symbolviewer/CMakeLists.txt b/addons/symbolviewer/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/addons/symbolviewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/addons/symbolviewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"katesymbolviewer\")
 ########### next target ###############
 set(katesymbolviewerplugin_PART_SRCS cpp_parser.cpp tcl_parser.cpp fortran_parser.cpp perl_parser.cpp 
-php_parser.cpp xslt_parser.cpp ruby_parser.cpp python_parser.cpp bash_parser.cpp ecma_parser.cpp plugin_katesymbolviewer.cpp )
+php_parser.cpp xslt_parser.cpp xml_parser.cpp ruby_parser.cpp python_parser.cpp bash_parser.cpp ecma_parser.cpp plugin_katesymbolviewer.cpp )
 
 # resource for ui file and stuff
 qt5_add_resources(katesymbolviewerplugin_PART_SRCS plugin.qrc)
diff --git a/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.h b/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.h
--- a/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.h
+++ b/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
     void parsePythonSymbols(void);
     void parseRubySymbols(void);
     void parseXsltSymbols(void);
+    void parseXMLSymbols(void);
     void parsePhpSymbols(void);
     void parseBashSymbols(void);
     void parseEcmaSymbols(void);
diff --git a/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.cpp b/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.cpp
--- a/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.cpp
+++ b/addons/symbolviewer/plugin_katesymbolviewer.cpp
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@
      parseCppSymbols();
   else if (hlModeName == QLatin1String("xslt"))
      parseXsltSymbols();
+  else if (hlModeName == QLatin1String("XML") || hlModeName == QLatin1String("HTML"))
+     parseXMLSymbols();
   else if (hlModeName == QLatin1String("Bash"))
      parseBashSymbols();
   else if (hlModeName == QLatin1String("ActionScript 2.0") ||
diff --git a/addons/symbolviewer/xml_parser.cpp b/addons/symbolviewer/xml_parser.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/symbolviewer/xml_parser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+    xml_parser.cpp  -  Produce a rudimentary list of tags/elements
+    present in XML or HTML files. In the tree view of the
+    symbolviewer plugin the list is grouped by the element type.
+                            -------------------
+    begin                : May 3 2019
+    author               : 20019 Andreas Hohenegger based on
+                                xslt_parser.cpp by jiri Tyr
+    email                : hohenegger@gmail.com
+***************************************************************************/
+/***************************************************************************
+*
+*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+*   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+*   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+*   (at your option) any later version.
+*
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "plugin_katesymbolviewer.h"
+
+void KatePluginSymbolViewerView::parseXMLSymbols(void)
+{
+    if (!m_mainWindow->activeView())
+    return;
+
+    m_struct->setText(i18n("Show Tags"));
+
+    QString cl;
+    QString stripped;
+
+    char comment = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    QPixmap cls( ( const char** ) class_xpm );
+    QPixmap sct( ( const char** ) struct_xpm );
+
+    QTreeWidgetItem *node = nullptr;
+    QTreeWidgetItem *topNode = nullptr;
+
+    KTextEditor::Document *kv = m_mainWindow->activeView()->document();
+
+    m_symbols->setRootIsDecorated(0);
+
+    for (i=0; i<kv->lines(); i++) {
+        cl = kv->line(i);
+        cl = cl.trimmed();
+
+        if(cl.indexOf(QRegularExpression(QLatin1String("<!--"))) >= 0) {
+            comment = 1;
+        }
+        if(cl.indexOf(QRegularExpression(QLatin1String("-->"))) >= 0) {
+            comment = 0;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (comment==1) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if(cl.indexOf(QRegularExpression(QLatin1String("^<[a-zA-Z_]+[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-]*"))) == 0 && m_struct->isChecked()){
+
+            /* Get the tag type */
+            QString type;
+            QRegularExpressionMatch match;
+            QRegularExpression re(QLatin1String("^<([a-zA-Z_]+[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-]*)"));
+            if (cl.contains(re, &match))
+                type = match.captured(1);
+            else
+                continue;
+
+            QString stripped = cl.remove(QRegularExpression(QLatin1String("^<[a-zA-Z_]+[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-]* *")));
+            stripped = stripped.remove(QRegularExpression(QLatin1String(" */*>.*")));
+
+            if (m_treeOn->isChecked()) {
+                /* See if group already exists */
+                QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> reslist = m_symbols->findItems(type, Qt::MatchExactly);
+                if(reslist.isEmpty()) {
+                    topNode = new QTreeWidgetItem(m_symbols, QStringList(type));
+                    topNode->setIcon(0, QIcon(cls));
+                    if (m_expandOn->isChecked()) {
+                        m_symbols->expandItem(topNode);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    topNode = reslist[0];
+                }
+                node = new QTreeWidgetItem(topNode);
+                topNode->addChild(node);
+            } else {
+                node = new QTreeWidgetItem(m_symbols);
+            }
+            node->setIcon(0, QIcon(sct));
+            node->setText(0, stripped);
+            node->setText(1, QString::number( i, 10));
+        }
+    }
+}