diff --git a/include/libxml/parser.h b/include/libxml/parser.h
index ca3dc910..cf798d28 100644
--- a/include/libxml/parser.h
+++ b/include/libxml/parser.h
@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ struct _xmlParserCtxt {
      *   process default attributes.
      * - XML_SKIP_IDS: Load external subset and ignore IDs.
      */
-    /* TODO: See issue #873 */
-    int loadsubset;
+    int loadsubset XML_DEPRECATED_MEMBER;
     /* unused */
     int linenumbers XML_DEPRECATED_MEMBER;
     /**
@@ -1861,7 +1860,13 @@ typedef enum {
      *
      * @since 2.14.0
      */
-    XML_PARSE_CATALOG_PI = 1<<26
+    XML_PARSE_CATALOG_PI = 1<<26,
+    /**
+     * Force the parser to ignore IDs.
+     *
+     * @since 2.15.0
+     */
+    XML_PARSE_SKIP_IDS = 1<<27
 } xmlParserOption;
 
 XMLPUBFUN void
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index f47f6b80..94c27645 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -12065,6 +12065,7 @@ xmlCtxtParseContent(xmlParserCtxt *ctxt, xmlParserInput *input,
      * Disable IDs
      */
     ctxt->loadsubset |= XML_SKIP_IDS;
+    ctxt->options |= XML_PARSE_SKIP_IDS;
 
     ctxt->myDoc = doc;
 
@@ -13142,6 +13143,7 @@ xmlCtxtSetOptionsInternal(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, int options, int keepMask)
     ctxt->replaceEntities = (options & XML_PARSE_NOENT) ? 1 : 0;
     ctxt->loadsubset = (options & XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD) ? XML_DETECT_IDS : 0;
     ctxt->loadsubset |= (options & XML_PARSE_DTDATTR) ? XML_COMPLETE_ATTRS : 0;
+    ctxt->loadsubset |= (options & XML_PARSE_SKIP_IDS) ? XML_SKIP_IDS : 0;
     ctxt->validate = (options & XML_PARSE_DTDVALID) ? 1 : 0;
     ctxt->pedantic = (options & XML_PARSE_PEDANTIC) ? 1 : 0;
     ctxt->keepBlanks = (options & XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS) ? 0 : 1;