diff --git a/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc b/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc
index 415537d..64c242b 100644
--- a/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ class views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml extends views_data_export_plugin
       'translatable' => FALSE,
     );
 
+    $options['cdata_wrapper'] = array(
+      'default' => array(),
+      'translatable' => FALSE,
+    );
+
     return $options;
   }
 
@@ -106,5 +111,37 @@ class views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml extends views_data_export_plugin
       '#default_value' => $this->options['item_node'],
       '#description' => t('The XML tag for an item node.'),
     );
+
+    $field_labels = $this->display->handler->get_field_labels();
+
+    if (!empty($field_labels)) {
+      $options = $field_labels;
+
+      if (empty($this->options['cdata_wrapper'])) {
+        $this->options['cdata_wrapper'] = array();
+      }
+
+      $form['cdata_wrapper'] = array(
+        '#type' => 'checkboxes',
+        '#title' => t('Fields value to wrapped using CDATA'),
+        '#options' => $options,
+        '#default_value' => $this->options['cdata_wrapper'],
+        '#description' => t('If checked the fields content will be wrapped using the CDATA tag.'),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform any necessary changes to the form values prior to storage.
+   * There is no need for this function to actually store the data.
+   *
+   * @param $form
+   * @param $form_state
+   */
+  function options_submit(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    if (isset($form_state['values']['style_options']['cdata_wrapper'])) {
+      // Remove any options values set to 0
+      $form_state['values']['style_options']['cdata_wrapper'] = array_filter($form_state['values']['style_options']['cdata_wrapper']);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/theme/views_data_export.theme.inc b/theme/views_data_export.theme.inc
index a1af339..873e3f1 100644
--- a/theme/views_data_export.theme.inc
+++ b/theme/views_data_export.theme.inc
@@ -371,13 +371,19 @@ function template_preprocess_views_data_export_xml_body(&$vars) {
 
   foreach ($vars['themed_rows'] as $num => $row) {
     foreach ($row as $field => $content) {
-      // Prevent double encoding of the ampersand. Look for the entities produced by check_plain().
-      $content = preg_replace('/&(?!(amp|quot|#039|lt|gt);)/', '&', $content);
-      // Convert < and > to HTML entities.
-      $content = str_replace(
-        array('<', '>'),
-        array('&lt;', '&gt;'),
-        $content);
+      if (empty($vars['options']['cdata_wrapper'][$field])) {
+        // Prevent double encoding of the ampersand. Look for the entities produced by check_plain().
+        $content = preg_replace('/&(?!(amp|quot|#039|lt|gt);)/', '&amp;', $content);
+        // Convert < and > to HTML entities.
+        $content = str_replace(
+          array('<', '>'),
+          array('&lt;', '&gt;'),
+          $content);
+      }
+      else {
+        // Escape CDATA end sequence only.
+        $content = '<![CDATA[' . str_replace(']]>', ']]]]><![CDATA[>', $content) . ']]>';
+      }
       $vars['themed_rows'][$num][$field] = $content;
     }
   }