diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildExtensions.cs
index b467e83..fd0909d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildExtensions.cs
@@ -135,6 +135,33 @@ public static void LogCodedWarning (this TaskLoggingHelper log, string code, str
 			log.LogWarning (string.Empty, code, string.Empty, file, lineNumber, 0, 0, 0, message, messageArgs);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Logs a coded error from a node in an XML document
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="node">An element that implements IXmlLineInfo</param>
+		public static void LogErrorForXmlNode (this TaskLoggingHelper log, string code, string file, object node, string message, params object [] messageArgs)
+		{
+			int lineNumber = 0;
+			int columnNumber = 0;
+			var lineInfo = node as IXmlLineInfo;
+			if (lineInfo != null && lineInfo.HasLineInfo ()) {
+				lineNumber = lineInfo.LineNumber;
+				columnNumber = lineInfo.LinePosition;
+			}
+			log.LogError (
+					subcategory: string.Empty,
+					errorCode: code,
+					helpKeyword: string.Empty,
+					file: file,
+					lineNumber: lineNumber,
+					columnNumber: columnNumber,
+					endLineNumber: 0,
+					endColumnNumber: 0,
+					message: message,
+					messageArgs: messageArgs
+			);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Logs a coded warning from a node in an XML document
 		/// </summary>