diff --git a/go-junit-report.go b/go-junit-report.go
index 309c964..117ab5e 100644
--- a/go-junit-report.go
+++ b/go-junit-report.go
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 )
 
+var noXmlHeader bool
+
+func init() {
+	flag.BoolVar(&noXmlHeader, "no-xml-header", false, "do not print xml header")
+}
+
 func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
 	// Read input
 	report, err := Parse(os.Stdin)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -14,7 +23,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Write xml
-	err = JUnitReportXML(report, os.Stdout)
+	err = JUnitReportXML(report, noXmlHeader, os.Stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error writing XML: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/go-junit-report_test.go b/go-junit-report_test.go
index 853d614..c268f0a 100644
--- a/go-junit-report_test.go
+++ b/go-junit-report_test.go
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type TestCase struct {
-	name       string
-	reportName string
-	report     *Report
+	name        string
+	reportName  string
+	report      *Report
+	noXmlHeader bool
 }
 
 var testCases []TestCase = []TestCase{
@@ -128,6 +129,33 @@ var testCases []TestCase = []TestCase{
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		name:       "05-no_xml_header.txt",
+		reportName: "05-report.xml",
+		report: &Report{
+			Packages: []Package{
+				{
+					Name: "package/name",
+					Time: 160,
+					Tests: []Test{
+						{
+							Name:   "TestOne",
+							Time:   60,
+							Result: PASS,
+							Output: []string{},
+						},
+						{
+							Name:   "TestTwo",
+							Time:   100,
+							Result: PASS,
+							Output: []string{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		noXmlHeader: true,
+	},
 }
 
 func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
@@ -200,7 +228,7 @@ func TestJUnitFormatter(t *testing.T) {
 
 		var junitReport bytes.Buffer
 
-		if err = JUnitReportXML(testCase.report, &junitReport); err != nil {
+		if err = JUnitReportXML(testCase.report, testCase.noXmlHeader, &junitReport); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/junit-formatter.go b/junit-formatter.go
index 0b58f31..2f1f887 100644
--- a/junit-formatter.go
+++ b/junit-formatter.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func NewJUnitProperty(name, value string) JUnitProperty {
 
 // JUnitReportXML writes a junit xml representation of the given report to w
 // in the format described at http://windyroad.org/dl/Open%20Source/JUnit.xsd
-func JUnitReportXML(report *Report, w io.Writer) error {
+func JUnitReportXML(report *Report, noXmlHeader bool, w io.Writer) error {
 	suites := []JUnitTestSuite{}
 
 	// convert Report to JUnit test suites
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ func JUnitReportXML(report *Report, w io.Writer) error {
 
 	writer := bufio.NewWriter(w)
 
-	writer.WriteString(xml.Header)
+	if !noXmlHeader {
+		writer.WriteString(xml.Header)
+	}
 	writer.Write(bytes)
 	writer.WriteByte('\n')
 	writer.Flush()
diff --git a/tests/05-no_xml_header.txt b/tests/05-no_xml_header.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13fe892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/05-no_xml_header.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=== RUN TestOne
+--- PASS: TestOne (0.06s)
+=== RUN TestTwo
+--- PASS: TestTwo (0.10s)
+PASS
+ok  	package/name	0.160s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/05-report.xml b/tests/05-report.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a372aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/05-report.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<testsuite tests="2" failures="0" time="0.160" name="package/name">
+	<properties>
+		<property name="go.version" value="1.0"></property>
+	</properties>
+	<testcase classname="name" name="TestOne" time="0.060"></testcase>
+	<testcase classname="name" name="TestTwo" time="0.100"></testcase>
+</testsuite>