diff --git a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/start_domain.rb b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/start_domain.rb
index 80ccac4c2..5a146acd7 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/start_domain.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/start_domain.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'log4r'
 
-require 'equivalent-xml'
+require 'compare-xml'
 require 'rexml/document'
 
 module VagrantPlugins
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def call(env)
                   proposed = Nokogiri::XML(new_xml, &:noblanks)
                   applied = Nokogiri::XML(applied_xml, &:noblanks)
 
-                  if !EquivalentXml.equivalent?(proposed, applied)
+                  if CompareXML.equivalent?(proposed, applied, { force_children: true })
                     require 'diffy'
 
                     # pretty print the XML as even though there can be additional changes,
diff --git a/vagrant-libvirt.gemspec b/vagrant-libvirt.gemspec
index 0487fcef2..8b052ee72 100644
--- a/vagrant-libvirt.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant-libvirt.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'fog-libvirt', '>= 0.6.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'fog-core', '~> 2'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rexml'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'equivalent-xml'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'compare-xml'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'diffy'
 
   # Make sure to allow use of the same version as Vagrant by being less specific