diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/ParserState.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/ParserState.java
index bb12d0ae9bb..ee8822253a2 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/ParserState.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/ParserState.java
@@ -1054,6 +1054,8 @@ class ParserState<T> {
 				push(new PreResourceStateHapi(myEntry, myResourceType).setRequireResourceType(false));
 			} else if ("deleted".equals(theLocalPart)) {
 				push(new BundleEntryDeletedState(getPreResourceState(), myEntry));
+			} else if ("link".equals(theLocalPart)) {
+				push(new BundleLinkState(myEntry));
 			} else {
 				throw new DataFormatException("Unexpected element in entry: " + theLocalPart);
 			}
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java
index f990bf5836e..e2be433ef03 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ public class XmlParser extends BaseParser implements IParser {
 
 			writeOptionalTagWithValue(theEventWriter, "base", determineResourceBaseUrl(bundleBaseUrl, nextEntry));
 
+			writeBundleResourceLink(theEventWriter, "alternate", nextEntry.getLinkAlternate());
+
 			IResource resource = nextEntry.getResource();
 			if (resource != null && !resource.isEmpty() && !deleted) {
 				theEventWriter.writeStartElement("resource");
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserDstu2Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserDstu2Test.java
index 2a84067a8ca..6d051c4bb52 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserDstu2Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserDstu2Test.java
@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@ public class XmlParserDstu2Test {
 		assertEquals(2, parsed.getEntries().size());
 		assertEquals("http://foo?search", parsed.getEntries().get(0).getLinkSearch().getValue());
 
+		assertEquals("http://example.com/base/MedicationPrescription/3123/_history/1", parsed.getEntries().get(0).getLinkAlternate().getValue());
 		MedicationPrescription p = (MedicationPrescription) parsed.getEntries().get(0).getResource();
 		assertEquals("Patient/347", p.getPatient().getReference().getValue());
 		assertEquals("2014-08-16T05:31:17Z", ResourceMetadataKeyEnum.UPDATED.get(p).getValueAsString());
@@ -1086,6 +1087,8 @@ public class XmlParserDstu2Test {
 		assertEquals("https://example.com/base/MedicationPrescription?patient=347&_include=MedicationPrescription.medication", parsed.getLink().get(1).getUrlElement().getValueAsString());
 
 		assertEquals(2, parsed.getEntry().size());
+		assertEquals("alternate", parsed.getEntry().get(0).getLink().get(0).getRelation());
+		assertEquals("http://example.com/base/MedicationPrescription/3123/_history/1", parsed.getEntry().get(0).getLink().get(0).getUrl());
 		assertEquals("http://foo?search", parsed.getEntry().get(0).getTransaction().getUrlElement().getValueAsString());
 
 		MedicationPrescription p = (MedicationPrescription) parsed.getEntry().get(0).getResource();
@@ -1215,6 +1218,41 @@ public class XmlParserDstu2Test {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testParseBundleOldStyleWithUnknownLinks() throws Exception {
+		//@formatter:off
+		String bundle = "<Bundle xmlns=\"http://hl7.org/fhir\">\n" + 
+			"   <base value=\"http://foo/fhirBase1\"/>\n" + 
+			"   <total value=\"1\"/>\n" + 
+			"   <link>\n" + 
+			"      <relation value=\"foo\"/>\n" + 
+			"      <url value=\"http://localhost:52788/Binary?_pretty=true\"/>\n" + 
+			"   </link>\n" + 
+			"   <entry>\n" + 
+			"   <link>\n" + 
+			"      <relation value=\"bar\"/>\n" + 
+			"      <url value=\"http://localhost:52788/Binary?_pretty=true\"/>\n" + 
+			"   </link>\n" + 
+			"      <resource>\n" + 
+			"         <Patient xmlns=\"http://hl7.org/fhir\">\n" + 
+			"            <id value=\"1\"/>\n" + 
+			"            <meta>\n" +
+			"               <versionId value=\"2\"/>\n" +
+			"               <lastUpdated value=\"2001-02-22T11:22:33-05:00\"/>\n" +
+			"            </meta>\n" + 
+			"            <birthDate value=\"2012-01-02\"/>\n" + 
+			"         </Patient>\n" + 
+			"      </resource>\n" + 
+			"   </entry>\n" + 
+			"</Bundle>";
+		//@formatter:on
+		
+		Bundle b = ourCtx.newXmlParser().parseBundle(bundle);
+		assertEquals(1, b.getEntries().size());
+		
+
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * See #103
 	 */
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/resources/bundle-example.xml b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/resources/bundle-example.xml
index e8f971b72bd..10af217e13b 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/resources/bundle-example.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/resources/bundle-example.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     <url value="https://example.com/base/MedicationPrescription?patient=347&amp;_include=MedicationPrescription.medication"/>
   </link>
   <entry>
+  	<link>
+  		<relation value="alternate"/>
+  		<url value="http://example.com/base/MedicationPrescription/3123/_history/1"/>
+  	</link>
     <resource>
       <MedicationPrescription>
         <id value="3123"/>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index be1be038635..0a9718f8752 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 			<action type="add">
 				Web tester UI now supports _revinclude
 			</action>
+			<action type="fix" issue="178">
+				Support link elements in Bundle.entry when parsing in DSTU2 mode
+				using the old (non-resource) Bundle class. Thanks to GitHub user
+				@joedai for reporting!
+			</action>
 		</release>
 		<release version="1.0" date="2015-May-8">
 			<action type="add">