diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 53556039..7d06ee1b 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"encoding/xml"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ type Client struct {
 	RetryAfter            RetryAfterFunc
 	JSONMarshal           func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
 	JSONUnmarshal         func(data []byte, v interface{}) error
+	XMLMarshal            func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	XMLUnmarshal          func(data []byte, v interface{}) error
 
 	// HeaderAuthorizationKey is used to set/access Request Authorization header
 	// value when `SetAuthToken` option is used.
@@ -1085,13 +1088,16 @@ func createClient(hc *http.Client) *Client {
 		Cookies:                make([]*http.Cookie, 0),
 		RetryWaitTime:          defaultWaitTime,
 		RetryMaxWaitTime:       defaultMaxWaitTime,
+		PathParams:             make(map[string]string),
 		JSONMarshal:            json.Marshal,
 		JSONUnmarshal:          json.Unmarshal,
+		XMLMarshal:             xml.Marshal,
+		XMLUnmarshal:           xml.Unmarshal,
 		HeaderAuthorizationKey: http.CanonicalHeaderKey("Authorization"),
-		jsonEscapeHTML:         true,
-		httpClient:             hc,
-		debugBodySizeLimit:     math.MaxInt32,
-		PathParams:             make(map[string]string),
+
+		jsonEscapeHTML:     true,
+		httpClient:         hc,
+		debugBodySizeLimit: math.MaxInt32,
 	}
 
 	// Logger
diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
index 866fb4d1..0e8ac2b6 100644
--- a/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package resty
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/xml"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@ func handleRequestBody(c *Client, r *Request) (err error) {
 			return
 		}
 	} else if IsXMLType(contentType) && (kind == reflect.Struct) {
-		bodyBytes, err = xml.Marshal(r.Body)
+		bodyBytes, err = c.XMLMarshal(r.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 66c2d3fd..597b346c 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package resty
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/xml"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func Unmarshalc(c *Client, ct string, b []byte, d interface{}) (err error) {
 	if IsJSONType(ct) {
 		err = c.JSONUnmarshal(b, d)
 	} else if IsXMLType(ct) {
-		err = xml.Unmarshal(b, d)
+		err = c.XMLUnmarshal(b, d)
 	}
 
 	return