diff --git a/src/contracts/Output/Generator.php b/src/contracts/Output/Generator.php
index e1fc2b4a..d297b0ed 100644
--- a/src/contracts/Output/Generator.php
+++ b/src/contracts/Output/Generator.php
@@ -436,4 +436,18 @@ abstract public function serializeBool($boolValue);
      * @return array<mixed>
      */
     abstract public function toArray(): array;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<mixed> $data
+     *
+     * @return array<mixed>
+     */
+    abstract public function getEncoderContext(array $data): array;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<mixed> $normalizedData
+     *
+     * @return array<mixed>
+     */
+    abstract public function transformData(array $normalizedData): array;
 }
diff --git a/src/contracts/Output/Visitor.php b/src/contracts/Output/Visitor.php
index 157364ca..f158db06 100644
--- a/src/contracts/Output/Visitor.php
+++ b/src/contracts/Output/Visitor.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public function setStatus($statusCode)
      */
     public function visit(mixed $data): Response
     {
-        $normalizedData = $this->normalizer->normalize($data);
+        [$normalizedData, $encoderContext] = $this->normalizer->normalize($data, $this->format);
 
         //@todo Needs refactoring!
         // A hackish solution to enable outer visitors to disable setting
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ public function visit(mixed $data): Response
 
         $response = clone $this->response;
 
-        $response->setContent($this->encoder->encode($normalizedData, $this->format));
+        $content = $this->encoder->encode($normalizedData, $this->format, $encoderContext);
+
+        $response->setContent($content);
 
         // reset the inner response
         $this->response = new Response(null, Response::HTTP_OK);
diff --git a/src/contracts/Output/VisitorAdapterNormalizer.php b/src/contracts/Output/VisitorAdapterNormalizer.php
index e4aad5d2..176f7855 100644
--- a/src/contracts/Output/VisitorAdapterNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/contracts/Output/VisitorAdapterNormalizer.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Ibexa\Contracts\Rest\Output;
 
+use Ibexa\Rest\Output\Generator\InMemory\Xml as InMemoryXml;
 use Ibexa\Rest\Output\Generator\Json;
 use LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\EncoderInterface;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public function normalize(mixed $object, ?string $format = null, array $context
             : null;
 
         if ($eligibleVisitor instanceof ValueObjectVisitor) {
-            return $this->visitValueObject($object, $eligibleVisitor);
+            return $this->visitValueObject($object, $eligibleVisitor, $format);
         }
 
         return $this->normalizer->normalize($object, $format, $context);
@@ -79,11 +80,14 @@ public function supportsNormalization(mixed $data, ?string $format = null, array
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return array<mixed>
+     * @return array<array<mixed>, array<mixed>>
      */
-    private function visitValueObject(object $object, ValueObjectVisitor $valueObjectVisitor): array
-    {
-        $visitor = $this->createVisitor();
+    private function visitValueObject(
+        object $object,
+        ValueObjectVisitor $valueObjectVisitor,
+        string $format
+    ): array {
+        $visitor = $this->createVisitor($format);
         $generator = $visitor->getGenerator();
 
         $generator->reset();
@@ -93,21 +97,26 @@ private function visitValueObject(object $object, ValueObjectVisitor $valueObjec
 
         $generator->endDocument($object);
 
-        return $generator->toArray();
+        $normalizedData = $generator->toArray();
+        $encoderContext = $generator->getEncoderContext($normalizedData);
+
+        return [$generator->transformData($normalizedData), $encoderContext];
     }
 
-    private function createVisitor(): Visitor
+    private function createVisitor(string $format): Visitor
     {
         $fieldTypeHashGenerator = new Json\FieldTypeHashGenerator($this->normalizer);
 
-        $generator = new Json($fieldTypeHashGenerator);
+        $generator = $format === 'xml'
+            ? new InMemoryXml($fieldTypeHashGenerator)
+            : new Json($fieldTypeHashGenerator);
 
         return new Visitor(
             $generator,
             $this->normalizer,
             $this->encoder,
             $this->valueObjectVisitorResolver,
-            'json',
+            $format,
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/Output/Generator/InMemory/Xml.php b/src/lib/Output/Generator/InMemory/Xml.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2f0e012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Output/Generator/InMemory/Xml.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) Ibexa AS. All rights reserved.
+ * @license For full copyright and license information view LICENSE file distributed with this source code.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Ibexa\Rest\Output\Generator\InMemory;
+
+use Ibexa\Rest\Output\Generator\Json;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\XmlEncoder;
+
+final class Xml extends Json
+{
+    public function getMediaType($name): string
+    {
+        return $this->generateMediaTypeWithVendor($name, 'xml', $this->vendor);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param string $value
+     */
+    public function startAttribute($name, $value): void
+    {
+        $this->checkStartAttribute($name);
+
+        $this->json->{'@' . $name} = $value;
+    }
+
+    public function transformData(array $normalizedData): array
+    {
+        $topNodeName = array_key_first($normalizedData);
+        $data = array_filter(
+            $normalizedData[$topNodeName],
+            static fn (string $key): bool => str_starts_with($key, '@'),
+            ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY,
+        );
+        $data['#'] = $normalizedData[$topNodeName];
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+    public function getEncoderContext(array $data): array
+    {
+        return [
+            XmlEncoder::ROOT_NODE_NAME => array_key_first($data),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/Output/Generator/Json.php b/src/lib/Output/Generator/Json.php
index 6f32f8a7..5aad23ce 100644
--- a/src/lib/Output/Generator/Json.php
+++ b/src/lib/Output/Generator/Json.php
@@ -329,4 +329,14 @@ public function toArray(): array
     {
         return json_decode(json_encode($this->json, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR), true, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
     }
+
+    public function getEncoderContext(array $data): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    public function transformData(array $normalizedData): array
+    {
+        return $normalizedData;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/Output/Generator/Xml.php b/src/lib/Output/Generator/Xml.php
index 04aa742a..a5bda2cd 100644
--- a/src/lib/Output/Generator/Xml.php
+++ b/src/lib/Output/Generator/Xml.php
@@ -269,4 +269,14 @@ public function toArray(): array
     {
         return [];
     }
+
+    public function getEncoderContext(array $data): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    public function transformData(array $normalizedData): array
+    {
+        return $normalizedData;
+    }
 }