diff --git a/lib/webrat.rb b/lib/webrat.rb
index 748c869..20b0119 100644
--- a/lib/webrat.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ module Webrat
   end
 end
 
+# We need Nokogiri's CSS to XPath support, even if using REXML
+require "nokogiri/css"
+
+# Require nokogiri and fall back on rexml
+begin
+  require "nokogiri"
+  require "webrat/core/nokogiri"
+rescue LoadError => e
+  require "rexml/document"
+  warn("Standard REXML library is slow. Please consider installing nokogiri.\nUse \"sudo gem install nokogiri\"")
+end
+
 require "webrat/core"
 
 # TODO: This is probably not a good idea.
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_content.rb b/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_content.rb
index 895d33b..faa81df 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_content.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_content.rb
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@ module Webrat
   
     class HasContent
       def initialize(content)
-        # We need Nokogiri's CSS to XPath support, even if using REXML
-        require "nokogiri/css"
-        
-        begin
-          require "nokogiri"
-          require "webrat/core/nokogiri"
-        rescue LoadError => e
-          require "rexml/document"
-          warn("Standard REXML library is slow. Please consider installing nokogiri.\nUse \"sudo gem install nokogiri\"")
-        end
-        
         @content = content
       end
       
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_xpath.rb b/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_xpath.rb
index 8fd23d8..b949e54 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_xpath.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/matchers/have_xpath.rb
@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@ module Webrat
     
     class HaveXpath
       def initialize(expected, &block)
-        # We need Nokogiri's CSS to XPath support, even if using REXML
-        require "nokogiri/css"
-        
-        # Require nokogiri and fall back on rexml
-        begin
-          require "nokogiri"
-          require "webrat/core/nokogiri"
-        rescue LoadError => e
-          require "rexml/document"
-          warn("Standard REXML library is slow. Please consider installing nokogiri.\nUse \"sudo gem install nokogiri\"")
-        end
-      
         @expected = expected
         @block    = block
       end