diff --git a/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLName.c b/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLName.c
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+/* 
+ * Author: Jeff Thompson
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information.
+ */
+
+#include "BinaryXMLDecoder.h"
+#include "BinaryXML.h"
+#include "BinaryXMLName.h"
+
+char *ndn_decodeBinaryXMLName(struct ndn_Name *name, unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength)
+{
+  struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder decoder;
+  ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_init(&decoder, input, inputLength);
+  
+  char *error;
+  if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag(&decoder, ndn_BinaryXML_DTag_Name))
+    return error;
+    
+  while (1) {
+    int gotExpectedTag;
+    if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_peekDTag(&decoder, ndn_BinaryXML_DTag_Component, &gotExpectedTag))
+      return error;
+    
+    if (!gotExpectedTag)
+      // No more components.
+      break;
+    
+    unsigned char *component;
+    unsigned int componentLen;
+    if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readBinaryDTagElement(&decoder, ndn_BinaryXML_DTag_Component, 0, &component, &componentLen))
+      return error;
+    
+    // Add the component to the name.
+    if (name->nComponents >= name->maxComponents)
+      return "ndn_decodeBinaryXMLName: read a component past the maximum number of components allowed in the name";
+    ndn_NameComponent_init(name->components + name->nComponents, component, componentLen);
+    ++name->nComponents;
+  }
+  
+  if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementClose(&decoder))
+    return error;
+  
+  return 0;
+}