diff --git a/src/polyglot/plistlib.py b/src/polyglot/plistlib.py
index b07f25765c..e31b23f05f 100644
--- a/src/polyglot/plistlib.py
+++ b/src/polyglot/plistlib.py
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ def wrap_bytes(x):
     return x
 
 from plistlib import loads, dumps, Data  # noqa
+loads_binary_or_xml = loads