diff --git a/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gcontainer.chunk.tpl b/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gcontainer.chunk.tpl
index b192006..fa30fae 100644
--- a/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gcontainer.chunk.tpl
+++ b/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gcontainer.chunk.tpl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="[[++modx_charset]]"?>
-<urlset xmlns="[[+schema]]">
+<urlset xmlns="[[+schema]]" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 [[+items]]</urlset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitem.chunk.tpl b/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitem.chunk.tpl
index 7826883..2690476 100644
--- a/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitem.chunk.tpl
+++ b/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitem.chunk.tpl
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
     <lastmod>[[+date]]</lastmod>
     <changefreq>[[+update]]</changefreq>
     <priority>[[+priority]]</priority>
+    [[+links]]
 </url>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitemlink.chunk.tpl b/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitemlink.chunk.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bbd14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/components/googlesitemap/elements/chunks/gitemlink.chunk.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="[[+hreflang]]" href="[[+href]]" />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/components/googlesitemap/model/googlesitemap/googlesitemap.class.php b/core/components/googlesitemap/model/googlesitemap/googlesitemap.class.php
index 2a935f4..5f76126 100755
--- a/core/components/googlesitemap/model/googlesitemap/googlesitemap.class.php
+++ b/core/components/googlesitemap/model/googlesitemap/googlesitemap.class.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function __construct(modX &$modx,array $config = array()) {
             'templateFilter' => 'id',
             'itemSeparator' => "\n",
             'itemTpl' => 'gItem',
+            'itemLinkTpl' => 'gItemLink',
             'chunksPath' => $corePath.'elements/chunks/',
             'maxDepth' => 0,
             'excludeResources' => '',
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ function __construct(modX &$modx,array $config = array()) {
             'excludeChildrenOf' => '',
             'showHidden' => false,
             'priorityTV' => 0,
+            'includeUrlProto' => false,
+            'includeBabelLinks' => false,
         ),$config);
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ public function run($currentParent,$selfId = -1,$depth = 0) {
             }
 
             if ($canParse) {
-                $url = $this->modx->makeUrl($id,'','','full');
+                $url = $this->makeUrl($id);
 
                 $date = $child->get('editedon') ? $child->get('editedon') : $child->get('createdon');
                 $date = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($date));
@@ -126,12 +129,17 @@ public function run($currentParent,$selfId = -1,$depth = 0) {
                         $priority = $priorityTV;
                     }
                 }
+                $links = '';
+                if ($this->config['includeBabelLinks']) {
+                    $links = $this->getBabelLinks($child);
+                }
                 /* add item to output */
                 $output .= $this->getChunk($this->config['itemTpl'],array(
                     'url' => $url,
                     'date' => $date,
                     'update' => $update,
                     'priority' => $priority,
+                    'links' => $links
                 )).$this->config['itemSeparator'];
             }
 
@@ -274,6 +282,53 @@ private function _getTplChunk($name,$postFix = '.chunk.tpl') {
         }
         return $chunk;
     }
+    
+    private function makeUrl($id) {
+        $url = $this->modx->makeUrl($id, '', '', 'full');
+        if ($this->config['includeUrlProto'] && strpos($url, '//') === 0) {
+            $proto = 'http:';
+            if ((isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) || $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 443) {
+                $proto = 'https:';
+            }
+            $url = $proto . $url;
+        }
+        return $url;
+    }
+    
+    private function getBabelTvName() {
+        $babelTvName = null;
+        $babelNamespace = $this->modx->getObject('modNamespace', array('name' => 'babel'));
+        if (!empty($babelNamespace)) {
+            $babelTvName = $this->modx->getOption('babel.babelTvName');
+        }
+        return $babelTvName;
+    }
+    
+    private function getBabelLinks($doc) {
+        $output = '';
+        $babelTvName = $this->getBabelTvName();
+        if (!empty($babelTvName)) {
+            $babelLinks = $doc->getTVValue($babelTvName);
+            if (!empty($babelLinks)) {
+                $output = array();
+                $babelLinks = explode(';', $babelLinks);
+                foreach ($babelLinks as $babelLink) {
+                    list($babelLinkContext, $babelLinkId) = explode(':', $babelLink);
+                    $babelLinkContext = $this->modx->getContext($babelLinkContext);
+                    if (!empty($babelLinkContext)) {
+                        $babelLinkLang = $babelLinkContext->getOption('cultureKey');
+                        $babelLinkUrl = $this->makeUrl($babelLinkId);                   
+                        $output[] = $this->getChunk($this->config['itemLinkTpl'], array(
+                            'hreflang' => $babelLinkLang,
+                            'href' => $babelLinkUrl,
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+                $output = (!empty($output) ? implode("\n\t", $output) : '');
+            }
+        }
+        return $output;
+    }
 }