diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
index a932e686..836dbc3a 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -1018,6 +1018,23 @@ class EmptyTestEventListener : public TestEventListener {
   void OnTestProgramEnd(const UnitTest& /*unit_test*/) override {}
 };
 
+class XmlUnitTestResultPrinter : public EmptyTestEventListener {
+ public:
+  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(const char* output_file);
+
+  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(std::ostream* output_stream);
+
+  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(const XmlUnitTestResultPrinter&) = delete;
+  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter& operator=(const XmlUnitTestResultPrinter&) = delete;
+
+  void OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test, int iteration) override;
+  void ListTestsMatchingFilter(const std::vector<TestSuite*>& test_suites);
+
+ private:
+  const std::string output_file_;
+  std::ostream* output_stream_;
+};
+
 // TestEventListeners lets users add listeners to track events in Google Test.
 class GTEST_API_ TestEventListeners {
  public:
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 99b22ed3..649e109f 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -3897,10 +3897,7 @@ void TestEventRepeater::OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test,
 // This class generates an XML output file.
 class XmlUnitTestResultPrinter : public EmptyTestEventListener {
  public:
-  explicit XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(const char* output_file);
-
-  void OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test, int iteration) override;
-  void ListTestsMatchingFilter(const std::vector<TestSuite*>& test_suites);
+  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter() = delete;
 
   // Prints an XML summary of all unit tests.
   static void PrintXmlTestsList(std::ostream* stream,
@@ -3982,40 +3979,9 @@ class XmlUnitTestResultPrinter : public EmptyTestEventListener {
   static void OutputXmlTestProperties(std::ostream* stream,
                                       const TestResult& result);
 
-  // The output file.
-  const std::string output_file_;
-
-  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(const XmlUnitTestResultPrinter&) = delete;
-  XmlUnitTestResultPrinter& operator=(const XmlUnitTestResultPrinter&) = delete;
+  friend ::testing::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter;
 };
 
-// Creates a new XmlUnitTestResultPrinter.
-XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(const char* output_file)
-    : output_file_(output_file) {
-  if (output_file_.empty()) {
-    GTEST_LOG_(FATAL) << "XML output file may not be null";
-  }
-}
-
-// Called after the unit test ends.
-void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test,
-                                                  int /*iteration*/) {
-  FILE* xmlout = OpenFileForWriting(output_file_);
-  std::stringstream stream;
-  PrintXmlUnitTest(&stream, unit_test);
-  fprintf(xmlout, "%s", StringStreamToString(&stream).c_str());
-  fclose(xmlout);
-}
-
-void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::ListTestsMatchingFilter(
-    const std::vector<TestSuite*>& test_suites) {
-  FILE* xmlout = OpenFileForWriting(output_file_);
-  std::stringstream stream;
-  PrintXmlTestsList(&stream, test_suites);
-  fprintf(xmlout, "%s", StringStreamToString(&stream).c_str());
-  fclose(xmlout);
-}
-
 // Returns an XML-escaped copy of the input string str.  If is_attribute
 // is true, the text is meant to appear as an attribute value, and
 // normalizable whitespace is preserved by replacing it with character
@@ -5145,6 +5111,59 @@ void TestEventListeners::SuppressEventForwarding(bool suppress) {
   repeater_->set_forwarding_enabled(!suppress);
 }
 
+// Creates a new XmlUnitTestResultPrinter.
+XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(const char* output_file)
+    : output_file_(output_file) {
+  if (output_file_.empty()) {
+    GTEST_LOG_(FATAL) << "XML output file may not be null";
+  }
+}
+
+// Creates a new XmlUnitTestResultPrinter.
+XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(std::ostream* output_stream)
+    : output_stream_(output_stream) {
+  if (!output_stream->good()) {
+    GTEST_LOG_(FATAL) << "XML output is not good";
+  }
+}
+
+// Called after the unit test ends.
+void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test,
+                                                  int /*iteration*/) {
+  FILE* xmlout = 0;
+  if(!output_stream_) {
+      xmlout = internal::OpenFileForWriting(output_file_);
+      output_stream_ = new std::stringstream;
+  }
+
+  internal::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlUnitTest(output_stream_, unit_test);
+
+  if(xmlout) {
+      fprintf(xmlout, "%s", internal::StringStreamToString(static_cast<std::stringstream*>(output_stream_)).c_str());
+      fclose(xmlout);
+      delete output_stream_;
+      output_stream_ = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::ListTestsMatchingFilter(
+      const std::vector<TestSuite*>& test_suites) {
+  FILE* xmlout = 0;
+  if(!output_stream_) {
+      xmlout = internal::OpenFileForWriting(output_file_);
+      output_stream_ = new std::stringstream;
+  }
+
+  internal::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlTestsList(output_stream_, test_suites);
+
+  if(xmlout) {
+      fprintf(xmlout, "%s", internal::StringStreamToString(static_cast<std::stringstream*>(output_stream_)).c_str());
+      fclose(xmlout);
+      delete output_stream_;
+      output_stream_ = 0;
+  }
+}
+
 // class UnitTest
 
 // Gets the singleton UnitTest object.  The first time this method is
@@ -5630,7 +5649,7 @@ void UnitTestImpl::ConfigureXmlOutput() {
   const std::string& output_format = UnitTestOptions::GetOutputFormat();
 #if GTEST_HAS_FILE_SYSTEM
   if (output_format == "xml") {
-    listeners()->SetDefaultXmlGenerator(new XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(
+    listeners()->SetDefaultXmlGenerator(new ::testing::XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(
         UnitTestOptions::GetAbsolutePathToOutputFile().c_str()));
   } else if (output_format == "json") {
     listeners()->SetDefaultXmlGenerator(new JsonUnitTestResultPrinter(
@@ -6206,9 +6225,7 @@ void UnitTestImpl::ListTestsMatchingFilter() {
         UnitTestOptions::GetAbsolutePathToOutputFile().c_str());
     std::stringstream stream;
     if (output_format == "xml") {
-      XmlUnitTestResultPrinter(
-          UnitTestOptions::GetAbsolutePathToOutputFile().c_str())
-          .PrintXmlTestsList(&stream, test_suites_);
+      XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlTestsList(&stream, test_suites_);
     } else if (output_format == "json") {
       JsonUnitTestResultPrinter(
           UnitTestOptions::GetAbsolutePathToOutputFile().c_str())