diff --git a/pkg/printers/junitxml.go b/pkg/printers/junitxml.go
index 2d01808561b7..39cd4247c02c 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/junitxml.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/junitxml.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package printers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type testCaseXML struct {
 
 type failureXML struct {
 	Message string `xml:"message,attr"`
+	Type    string `xml:"type,attr"`
 	Content string `xml:",cdata"`
 }
 
@@ -56,8 +58,10 @@ func (JunitXML) Print(ctx context.Context, issues []result.Issue) error {
 			Name:      i.FromLinter,
 			ClassName: i.Pos.String(),
 			Failure: failureXML{
+				Type:    i.Severity,
 				Message: i.Pos.String() + ": " + i.Text,
-				Content: i.Pos.String() + ": " + i.Text + "\n" + strings.Join(i.SourceLines, "\n"),
+				Content: fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s\nCategory: %s\nFile: %s\nLine: %d\nDetails: %s",
+					i.Severity, i.Text, i.FromLinter, i.Pos.Filename, i.Pos.Line, strings.Join(i.SourceLines, "\n")),
 			},
 		}