diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
index 7b974257a..1f3c8e4dc 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// Browse
 		virtual void browse (const char *url);
 
+		// parse html string using libxml2 parser
+		virtual bool parseHtml(std::string htmlString);
+
 		// Refresh
 		void refresh();
 
@@ -199,6 +202,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		int luaBeginElement(CLuaState &ls);
 		int luaEndElement(CLuaState &ls);
 		int luaShowDiv(CLuaState &ls);
+		int luaParseHtml(CLuaState &ls);
 
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_START(CGroupHTML, CGroupScrollText)
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("browse", luaBrowse)
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("beginElement", luaBeginElement)
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("endElement", luaEndElement)
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("showDiv", luaShowDiv)
+			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("parseHtml", luaParseHtml)
 			REFLECT_STRING("url", getURL, setURL)
 			REFLECT_FLOAT("timeout", getTimeout, setTimeout)
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_END
@@ -251,6 +256,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// the current request is terminated
 		virtual void requestTerminated(HTRequest *request);
 
+		// libxml2 html parser functions
+		void htmlElement(xmlNode *node, int element_number);
+		void htmlWalkDOM(xmlNode *a_node);
+
 		// Get Home URL
 		virtual std::string	home();
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html_parser.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html_parser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdb9a549f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html_parser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Ryzom - MMORPG Framework <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom/>
+// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+#include "stdpch.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <libxml/HTMLparser.h>
+
+#include "nel/misc/types_nl.h"
+#include "nel/gui/libwww.h"
+#include "nel/gui/group_html.h"
+#include "nel/gui/lua_ihm.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace NLMISC;
+
+namespace NLGUI
+{
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	void CGroupHTML::htmlElement(xmlNode *node, int element_number)
+	{
+		SGML_dtd *HTML_DTD = HTML_dtd ();
+
+		if (element_number < HTML_ELEMENTS)
+		{
+			CXMLAutoPtr ptr;
+			// load attributes into libwww structs
+			BOOL present[MAX_ATTRIBUTES];
+			const char *value[MAX_ATTRIBUTES];
+			std::string strvalues[MAX_ATTRIBUTES];
+
+			uint nbAttributes = std::min(MAX_ATTRIBUTES, HTML_DTD->tags[element_number].number_of_attributes);
+			for(uint i=0; i<nbAttributes; i++)
+			{
+				std::string name;
+				name = toLower(std::string(HTML_DTD->tags[element_number].attributes[i].name));
+				ptr = xmlGetProp(node, (const xmlChar *)name.c_str());
+				if (ptr)
+				{
+					// copy xmlChar to string (xmlChar will be released)
+					strvalues[i] = (const char *)(ptr);
+					// now use string pointer in value[] array
+					value[i] = strvalues[i].c_str();
+					present[i] = true;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					value[i] = NULL;
+					present[i] = false;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (element_number == HTML_A)
+			{
+				addLink(element_number, present, value);
+			}
+
+			beginElement(element_number, present, value);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			beginUnparsedElement((const char *)(node->name), xmlStrlen(node->name));
+		}
+
+		// recursive - text content / child nodes
+		htmlWalkDOM(node->children);
+
+		// closing tag
+		if (element_number < HTML_ELEMENTS)
+		{
+			endElement(element_number);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			endUnparsedElement((const char *)(node->name), xmlStrlen(node->name));
+		}
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	// recursive function to walk html document
+	void CGroupHTML::htmlWalkDOM(xmlNode *a_node)
+	{
+		SGML_dtd *HTML_DTD = HTML_dtd ();
+
+		uint element_number;
+		xmlNode *node = a_node;
+		while(node)
+		{
+			if (node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
+			{
+				addText((const char *)(node->content), xmlStrlen(node->content));
+			}
+			else
+			if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
+			{
+				// find libwww tag
+				for(element_number = 0; element_number<HTML_ELEMENTS; ++element_number)
+				{
+					if (xmlStrncasecmp(node->name, (const xmlChar *)HTML_DTD->tags[element_number].name, xmlStrlen(node->name)) == 0)
+						break;
+				}
+
+				htmlElement(node, element_number);
+			}
+
+			// move into next sibling
+			node = node->next;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	bool CGroupHTML::parseHtml(std::string htmlString)
+	{
+		htmlParserCtxtPtr parser = htmlCreatePushParserCtxt(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, XML_CHAR_ENCODING_NONE);
+		if (!parser)
+		{
+			nlwarning("Creating html parser context failed");
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		htmlCtxtUseOptions(parser, HTML_PARSE_NOBLANKS | HTML_PARSE_NOERROR | HTML_PARSE_NOWARNING | HTML_PARSE_NONET);
+
+		htmlParseChunk(parser, htmlString.c_str(), htmlString.size(), 0);
+		htmlParseChunk(parser, "", 0, 1);
+
+		bool success = true;
+		if (parser->myDoc)
+		{
+			xmlNode *root = xmlDocGetRootElement(parser->myDoc);
+			if (root)
+			{
+				htmlWalkDOM(root);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				nlwarning("html root node failed");
+				success = false;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			nlwarning("htmlstring parsing failed");
+			success = false;
+		}
+
+		htmlFreeParserCtxt(parser);
+		return success;
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	int CGroupHTML::luaParseHtml(CLuaState &ls)
+	{
+		const char *funcName = "parseHtml";
+		CLuaIHM::checkArgCount(ls, funcName, 1);
+		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
+		std::string html = ls.toString(1);
+
+		parseHtml(html);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+}
+