diff --git a/pisi/pxml/xmlextpiks.py b/pisi/pxml/xmlextpiks.py
index 83fe7ca8..105c30a3 100644
--- a/pisi/pxml/xmlextpiks.py
+++ b/pisi/pxml/xmlextpiks.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ _ = __trans.ugettext
 import pisi
 import piksemel as iks
 
+parse = iks.parse
+newDocument = iks.newDocument
+
 def getAllNodes(node, tagPath):
     """retrieve all nodes that match a given tag path."""
     tags = tagPath.split('/')