diff --git a/inc/init.php b/inc/init.php
index aa0219f433eab9c2f1bbfae4ae73bafdd5e9d414..2d194aa090d913eebb53df46d1f336614234d001 100644
--- a/inc/init.php
+++ b/inc/init.php
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
   // define config path (packagers may want to change this to /etc/dokuwiki/)
   if(!defined('DOKU_CONF')) define('DOKU_CONF',DOKU_INC.'conf/');
 
-  // set up error reporting to sane values
-  error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+  // check for error reporting override or set error reporting to sane values
+  if (!defined('DOKU_E_LEVEL') && file_exists(DOKU_CONF.'report_e_all')) {
+    define('DOKU_E_LEVEL', E_ALL);
+  }
+  if (!defined('DOKU_E_LEVEL')) { error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); }
+  else { error_reporting(DOKU_E_LEVEL); }
 
   //prepare config array()
   global $conf;
diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 5f6bb55398e30dcb6392e25ea909c3e316ba3536..d7a9a1ef4acc4b5dff5a0848d435ab2123961b05 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -793,9 +793,9 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
         $feed->feed_url($url);
 
         //disable warning while fetching
-        $elvl = error_reporting(E_ERROR);
+        if (!defined('DOKU_E_LEVEL')) { $elvl = error_reporting(E_ERROR); }
         $rc = $feed->init();
-        error_reporting($elvl);
+        if (!defined('DOKU_E_LEVEL')) { error_reporting($elvl); }
 
         //decide on start and end
         if($params['reverse']){