diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserFactoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserFactoryImpl.java
index 71c769b..70542d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserFactoryImpl.java
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public boolean getFeature(String name)
             switch (stdFeat) {
             case IS_STANDALONE: // read-only, but only during parsing
                 return true;
+            case EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES:
+                return ((Boolean) mStaxFactory.getProperty(ReaderConfig.EXPAND_GENERAL_ENTITIES)).booleanValue();
             default:
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserImpl.java
index cfbed04..8ba79ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXParserImpl.java
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ public boolean getFeature(String name)
             case IS_STANDALONE: // read-only, but only during parsing
                 // !!! TBI
                 return true;
+            case EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES:
+                return ((Boolean) _staxFactory.getProperty(ReaderConfig.EXPAND_GENERAL_ENTITIES)).booleanValue();     
             default:
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXUtil.java
index 57a77aa..be9db8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/SAXUtil.java
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ public static SAXProperty findStdProperty(String featURI)
     public static Boolean getFixedStdFeatureValue(SAXFeature stdFeat)
     {
         switch (stdFeat) {
-        case EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES: // not yet implemented
-            return Boolean.FALSE;
         case EXTERNAL_PARAMETER_ENTITIES: // not yet implemented
             return Boolean.FALSE;
         case IS_STANDALONE: // read-only, but only during parsing
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/TestSAXParserFactoryImpl.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/TestSAXParserFactoryImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c3c438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/aalto/sax/TestSAXParserFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.fasterxml.aalto.sax;
+
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
+
+public class TestSAXParserFactoryImpl extends base.BaseTestCase {
+    
+    public void testSetGetFeatureExternalGeneralEntities() throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException {
+        SAXParserFactoryImpl saxParserFactory = new SAXParserFactoryImpl();
+        saxParserFactory.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false);
+        assertFalse(saxParserFactory.getFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities"));
+
+        saxParserFactory.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", true);
+        assertTrue(saxParserFactory.getFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities"));
+    }
+    
+}