diff --git a/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc b/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc
index 378af77..e5f1117 100644
--- a/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml.inc
@@ -130,20 +130,36 @@ class views_data_export_plugin_style_export_xml extends views_data_export_plugin
                             'formatter that outputs properly formatted and '.
                             'encoded XML data.'),
       );
+
+      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
-  +   */
+   * 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']['no_entity_encode'])) {
       // Remove any options values set to 0
       $form_state['values']['style_options']['no_entity_encode'] = array_filter($form_state['values']['style_options']['no_entity_encode']);
     }
+    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 ab64e63..76e1fa7 100644
--- a/theme/views_data_export.theme.inc
+++ b/theme/views_data_export.theme.inc
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ function template_preprocess_views_data_export_xml_body(&$vars) {
 
   $no_encode = isset($style_options['no_entity_encode']) ? $style_options['no_entity_encode'] : array();
 
+  $cdata_wrapper = isset($style_options['cdata_wrapper']) ? $style_options['cdata_wrapper'] : array();
+
   $vars['item_node'] = _views_data_export_xml_tag_clean($vars['options']['item_node']);
 
   foreach ($vars['themed_rows'] as $num => $row) {
@@ -394,7 +396,13 @@ function template_preprocess_views_data_export_xml_body(&$vars) {
           array('<', '>'),
           array('&lt;', '&gt;'),
           $content);
+      }
 
+      // Perform wrapping the field data using the CDATA tag
+      // unless excluded by style options.
+      if (isset($cdata_wrapper[$field]) && $content != '') {
+        // Escape CDATA end sequence only.
+        $content = '<![CDATA[' . str_replace(']]>', ']]]]><![CDATA[>', $content) . ']]>';
       }
 
       $vars['themed_rows'][$num][$field] = $content;