diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
index 7cbe0ea1..111e0b6d 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
@@ -200,14 +200,16 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 implements PHPExcel_Reader_IReader
 		if ($zip->open($pFilename) === true) {
 			// check if it is an OOXML archive
 			$rels = simplexml_load_string($this->_getFromZipArchive($zip, "_rels/.rels"));
-			foreach ($rels->Relationship as $rel) {
-				switch ($rel["Type"]) {
-					case "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument":
-						if (basename($rel["Target"]) == 'workbook.xml') {
-							$xl = true;
-						}
-						break;
+			if ($rels) {
+				foreach ($rels->Relationship as $rel) {
+					switch ($rel["Type"]) {
+						case "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument":
+							if (basename($rel["Target"]) == 'workbook.xml') {
+								$xl = true;
+							}
+							break;
 
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			$zip->close();
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index d5b5e694..98ea4093 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 Fixed in SVN:
 - Bugfix:   (MBaker) Work item 15459 - Invalid cell coordinate in Autofilter for Excel2007 Writer
 - Bugfix:   (MBaker) Work item 15518 - PCLZip library issue
+- Bugfix:   (MBaker) Work item 15537 - Excel2007 Reader canRead function bug
 - General:	(MBaker) Work item 15405 - Two easy to fix Issues concerning PHPExcel_Token_Stack (l10n/UC)
 - General:	(MBaker) Work item 15461 - Locale file paths not fit for windows