diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 9e4df5a7e..3e408922e 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ No changes since 2.7.
 
 #210: In `ToXmlGenerator` `WRITE_BIGDECIMAL_AS_PLAIN` is used the wrong way round
  (reported by xmluzr@github)
+#211: Disable `SUPPORT_DTD` for `XMLInputFactory` unless explicitly overridden
 
 2.7.7 (27-Aug-2016)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java
index 4f135c59f..a91d4734f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ protected XmlFactory(ObjectCodec oc, int xpFeatures, int xgFeatures,
             xmlIn = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
             // as per [dataformat-xml#190], disable external entity expansion by default
             xmlIn.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES, Boolean.FALSE);
+            // and ditto wrt [dataformat-xml#211], SUPPORT_DTD
+            xmlIn.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.SUPPORT_DTD, Boolean.FALSE);
         }
         if (xmlOut == null) {
             xmlOut = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/failing/SupportDTDDefaultsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/failing/SupportDTDDefaultsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b28c68c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/failing/SupportDTDDefaultsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.failing;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.*;
+
+// for [databind-xml#211]
+public class SupportDTDDefaultsTest extends XmlTestBase
+{
+    public void testDTDAttempt() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlMapper mapper = new XmlMapper();
+        String XML = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><!DOCTYPE foo SYSTEM 'http://127.0.0.1:8001' [ ]>\n"
+                +"<foo/>";
+
+        try {
+            /*Map<String, String> info =*/ mapper.readValue(XML, Map.class);
+            //At this point a GET request would have been sent to localhost:8001. You will see a Connection Refused in case you don't have a server listening there.
+        } catch (Exception e){
+            fail("Should not try to resolve external DTD subset: "+e);
+        }
+    }
+}