diff --git a/python/tests/reader2.py b/python/tests/reader2.py
index 85705750..b50180df 100755
--- a/python/tests/reader2.py
+++ b/python/tests/reader2.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python -u
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # this tests the DTD validation with the XmlTextReader interface
 #
@@ -16,44 +17,131 @@ except:
 # Memory debug specific
 libxml2.debugMemory(1)
 
-err=""
-expect="""../../test/valid/rss.xml:177: element rss: validity error : Element rss does not carry attribute version
-</rss>
-      ^
-../../test/valid/xlink.xml:450: element termdef: validity error : ID dt-arc already defined
-	<p><termdef id="dt-arc" term="Arc">An <ter
-	                                  ^
-../../test/valid/xlink.xml:530: validity error : attribute def line 199 references an unknown ID "dt-xlg"
+err = ""
+dir_prefix = "../../test/valid/"
+# This dictionary reflects the contents of the files
+# ../../test/valid/*.xml.err that are not empty, except that
+# the file paths in the messages start with ../../test/
+
+expect = {
+    '766956':
+"""../../test/valid/dtds/766956.dtd:2: parser error : PEReference: expecting ';'
+%ä%ent;
+   ^
+../../test/valid/dtds/766956.dtd:2: parser error : Content error in the external subset
+%ä%ent;
+        ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+value
+^
+""",
+    '781333':
+"""../../test/valid/781333.xml:4: element a: validity error : Element a content does not follow the DTD, expecting ( ..., got 
+<a/>
+    ^
+../../test/valid/781333.xml:5: element a: validity error : Element a content does not follow the DTD, Expecting more child
 
 ^
-"""
+""",
+    'cond_sect2':
+"""../../test/valid/dtds/cond_sect2.dtd:15: parser error : All markup of the conditional section is not in the same entity
+    %ent;
+         ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+]]>
+^
+../../test/valid/dtds/cond_sect2.dtd:17: parser error : Content error in the external subset
+
+^
+""",
+    'rss':
+"""../../test/valid/rss.xml:177: element rss: validity error : Element rss does not carry attribute version
+</rss>
+      ^
+""",
+    't8':
+"""../../test/valid/t8.xml:6: parser error : internal error: xmlParseInternalSubset: error detected in Markup declaration
+
+%defroot; %defmiddle; %deftest;
+         ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+&lt;!ELEMENT root (middle) >
+^
+../../test/valid/t8.xml:6: parser error : internal error: xmlParseInternalSubset: error detected in Markup declaration
+
+%defroot; %defmiddle; %deftest;
+                     ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+&lt;!ELEMENT middle (test) >
+^
+../../test/valid/t8.xml:6: parser error : internal error: xmlParseInternalSubset: error detected in Markup declaration
+
+%defroot; %defmiddle; %deftest;
+                               ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+&lt;!ELEMENT test (#PCDATA) >
+^
+""",
+    't8a':
+"""../../test/valid/t8a.xml:6: parser error : internal error: xmlParseInternalSubset: error detected in Markup declaration
+
+%defroot;%defmiddle;%deftest;
+         ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+&lt;!ELEMENT root (middle) >
+^
+../../test/valid/t8a.xml:6: parser error : internal error: xmlParseInternalSubset: error detected in Markup declaration
+
+%defroot;%defmiddle;%deftest;
+                    ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+&lt;!ELEMENT middle (test) >
+^
+../../test/valid/t8a.xml:6: parser error : internal error: xmlParseInternalSubset: error detected in Markup declaration
+
+%defroot;%defmiddle;%deftest;
+                             ^
+Entity: line 1: 
+&lt;!ELEMENT test (#PCDATA) >
+^
+""",
+    'xlink':
+"""../../test/valid/xlink.xml:450: element termdef: validity error : ID dt-arc already defined
+	<p><termdef id="dt-arc" term="Arc">An <ter
+	                                  ^
+validity error : attribute def line 199 references an unknown ID "dt-xlg"
+""",
+}
+
+# Add prefix_dir and extension to the keys
+expect = {"{}{}.xml".format(dir_prefix, key): val for key, val in expect.items()}
+
 def callback(ctx, str):
     global err
     err = err + "%s" % (str)
 libxml2.registerErrorHandler(callback, "")
 
-valid_files = glob.glob("../../test/valid/*.x*")
+parsing_error_files = ["766956", "cond_sect2", "t8", "t8a"]
+expect_parsing_error = ["{}{}.xml".format(dir_prefix, f) for f in parsing_error_files]
+
+valid_files = glob.glob(dir_prefix + "*.x*")
 valid_files.sort()
 for file in valid_files:
-    if file.find("t8") != -1:
-        continue
-    if file == "../../test/valid/rss.xml":
-        continue
-    if file == "../../test/valid/xlink.xml":
-        continue
+    err = ""
     reader = libxml2.newTextReaderFilename(file)
     #print "%s:" % (file)
     reader.SetParserProp(libxml2.PARSER_VALIDATE, 1)
     ret = reader.Read()
     while ret == 1:
         ret = reader.Read()
-    if ret != 0:
+    if ret != 0 and file not in expect_parsing_error:
         print("Error parsing and validating %s" % (file))
-	#sys.exit(1)
-
-if err != expect:
-    print(err)
-
+        #sys.exit(1)
+    if (err):
+        if not(file in expect and err == expect[file]):
+            print("Error: ", err)
+            if file in expect:
+                print("Expected: ", expect[file])
 #
 # another separate test based on Stephane Bidoul one
 #