diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
index 64bc1277c9c11ddb48161f258745bf09d93106f5..4a5cdc5057a9a9baf1cee6e77fef472671397835 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ THREE.ColladaLoader = function () {
 							readyCallbackFunc = readyCallback;
 							parse( request.responseXML, undefined, url );
 
+						} else if ( request.responseText ) {
+
+							readyCallbackFunc = readyCallback;
+							var xmlParser = new DOMParser();
+							var responseXML = xmlParser.parseFromString( request.responseText, "application/xml" );
+							parse( responseXML, undefined, url );
+
 						} else {
 
 							console.error( "ColladaLoader: Empty or non-existing file (" + url + ")" );