diff --git a/NAS2D/Xml/XmlText.h b/NAS2D/Xml/XmlText.h
index 19bf41c9..08fca0de 100644
--- a/NAS2D/Xml/XmlText.h
+++ b/NAS2D/Xml/XmlText.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class XmlText : public XmlNode
 
 private:
 	bool cdata{}; // true if this should be input and output as a CDATA style text element
+	char padding[7];
 };
 
 } // namespace Xml