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/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()