diff --git a/xml2xslt.xsl b/xml2xslt.xsl
index 029ce6e..855c6b8 100644
--- a/xml2xslt.xsl
+++ b/xml2xslt.xsl
@@ -354,6 +354,21 @@
 			
 				<!-- Set to pdf if using PDFLaTeX, otherwise eps. -->
 				<xsl-out:param name="image-format"><xsl:text>pdf</xsl:text></xsl-out:param>
+				
+				<!--
+				    Generate macro to encode the document class name.
+				    This is currently BROKEN. If the document class specified loads packages that are then loaded by the boilerplate below with different optons, it will cause LaTeX "option clash" errors. Therefore, DO NOT use the @latex-document-class attribute for now until a solution can be devised!
+				-->
+				<xsl-out:template name="setup-document-class">
+					<xsl-out:text>
+\newcommand{\DocumentClass}{</xsl-out:text>
+                    <xsl-out:value-of select="@latex-document-class" />
+                    <xsl-out:if test="not( @latex-document-class )">
+                        <xsl-out:text>article</xsl-out:text>
+                    </xsl-out:if>
+				    <xsl-out:text>}
+</xsl-out:text>
+				</xsl-out:template>
 
 				<!-- *** LaTeX Source Output *** -->
 				<!-- Should this produce a LaTeX source fragment or an entire valid source document? -->
@@ -364,7 +379,11 @@
 							<xsl-out:text>
 % THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED. DO NOT EDIT!
 
-\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
+</xsl-out:text>
+							<xsl-out:call-template name="setup-document-class" />
+							<xsl-out:text>
+\PassOptionsToClass{\LaTeXOptions}{\DocumentClass}
+\documentclass{\DocumentClass}
 
 \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
 \usepackage{multirow}
@@ -376,6 +395,8 @@
 \usepackage{listings}       % nicely formatted code listings
 \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % fancy underlining, strikeout, etc.
 \usepackage{boxedminipage}
+\usepackage{parskip}        % Space-separated rather than indented paragraphs.
+\usepackage{rotating}		% Rotate stuff.
 
 </xsl-out:text>