diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/zencoding/ZenCodingTemplate.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/zencoding/ZenCodingTemplate.java
index a63e79ad3075..adbbcf69d36d 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/zencoding/ZenCodingTemplate.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/zencoding/ZenCodingTemplate.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.*;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.impl.TemplateImpl;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.impl.TemplateState;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.zencoding.filters.ZenCodingFilter;
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.zencoding.generators.XmlZenCodingGenerator;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.zencoding.generators.ZenCodingGenerator;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.zencoding.nodes.*;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.zencoding.tokens.*;
@@ -145,10 +146,22 @@ public class ZenCodingTemplate implements CustomLiveTemplate {
     if (tokens == null) {
       return null;
     }
+    if (generator != null && !validate(tokens, generator)) {
+      return null;
+    }
     MyParser parser = new MyParser(tokens, callback, generator);
     ZenCodingNode node = parser.parse();
     return parser.myIndex == tokens.size() ? node : null;
   }
+  
+  private static boolean validate(@NotNull List<ZenCodingToken> tokens, @NotNull ZenCodingGenerator generator) {
+    for (ZenCodingToken token : tokens) {
+      if (token instanceof TextToken && !(generator instanceof XmlZenCodingGenerator)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
 
   @Nullable
   private static List<ZenCodingToken> lex(@NotNull String text) {