diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/CachedObjectStorage/DiscISAM.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/CachedObjectStorage/DiscISAM.php
index c46cdd95..cb38d0de 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/CachedObjectStorage/DiscISAM.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/CachedObjectStorage/DiscISAM.php
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ class PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_DiscISAM extends PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage
 
 		//	Set current entry to the requested entry
 		$this->_currentObjectID = $pCoord;
-		fseek($this->_fileHandle,$this->_cellCache[$pCoord]['ptr']);
-		$this->_currentObject = unserialize(fread($this->_fileHandle,$this->_cellCache[$pCoord]['sz']));
+		fseek($this->_fileHandle, $this->_cellCache[$pCoord]['ptr']);
+		$this->_currentObject = unserialize(fread($this->_fileHandle, $this->_cellCache[$pCoord]['sz']));
         //    Re-attach this as the cell's parent
         $this->_currentObject->attach($this);
 
diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php
index ec074f5a..3a59bb16 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php
@@ -424,9 +424,13 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_HTML extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPExcel_
 		//	Create a new DOM object
 		$dom = new DOMDocument;
 		//	Reload the HTML file into the DOM object
-		$loaded = $dom->loadHTMLFile($pFilename, PHPExcel_Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0') >= 0) {
+            $loaded = $dom->loadHTMLFile($pFilename, PHPExcel_Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
+        } else {
+            $loaded = $dom->loadHTMLFile($pFilename);
+        }
 		if ($loaded === FALSE) {
-			throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception('Failed to load ',$pFilename,' as a DOM Document');
+			throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception('Failed to load '. $pFilename. ' as a DOM Document');
 		}
 
 		//	Discard white space
@@ -438,9 +442,6 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_HTML extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPExcel_
 		$content = '';
 		$this->_processDomElement($dom,$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet(),$row,$column,$content);
 
-//		echo '<hr />';
-//		var_dump($this->_dataArray);
-
 		// Return
 		return $objPHPExcel;
 	}
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index c20cf879..13f434e4 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Planned for v1.8.1
 - Bugfix:   (MBaker)          Work Item GH-350  - Keep/set the value on Reader _loadSheetsOnly as NULL, courtesy of Restless-ET 
 - Bugfix:   (MBaker)          Work Item CP18105 - Loading an Excel 2007 spreadsheet throws an "Autofilter must be set on a range of cells" exception
 - Bugfix:   (MBaker)                            - Fix to autoloader registration for backward compatibility with PHP 5.2.0 not accepting the prepend flag
+- Bugfix:   (MBaker)          Work Item GH-384  - DOM loadHTMLFile() failing with options flags when using PHP < 5.4.0
 - General:  (MBaker)                            - Small performance improvement for autosize columns
 - General:  (frost-nzcr4)     Work Item GH-379  - Change the getter/setter for zeroHeight to camel case
 - Feature:  (WiktrzGE)        Work Item GH-404  - Methods to manage most of the existing options for Chart Axis, Major Grid-lines and Minor Grid-lines