diff --git a/smack-im/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/roster/rosterstore/DirectoryRosterStore.java b/smack-im/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/roster/rosterstore/DirectoryRosterStore.java
index a78a44c28..f32157d48 100644
--- a/smack-im/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/roster/rosterstore/DirectoryRosterStore.java
+++ b/smack-im/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/roster/rosterstore/DirectoryRosterStore.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public final class DirectoryRosterStore implements RosterStore {
             Item item = RosterPacketProvider.parseItem(parser);
             reader.close();
             return item;
-        } catch (XmlPullParserException | IOException e) {
+        } catch (XmlPullParserException | IOException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
             boolean deleted = file.delete();
             String message = "Exception while parsing roster entry.";
             if (deleted) {