diff --git a/behat.yml.dist b/behat.yml.dist
index 460251a8e0c..dea427ca410 100644
--- a/behat.yml.dist
+++ b/behat.yml.dist
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ default:
         - 'HttpHeaderContext'
         - 'GraphqlContext'
         - 'JsonContext'
+        - 'XmlContext'
         - 'HydraContext'
         - 'SwaggerContext'
         - 'HttpCacheContext'
diff --git a/features/bootstrap/XmlContext.php b/features/bootstrap/XmlContext.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10aea327e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/bootstrap/XmlContext.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+use Behatch\Context\XmlContext as BaseXmlContext;
+
+class XmlContext extends BaseXmlContext
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/features/xml/input_output.feature b/features/xml/input_output.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3a7f9051fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/xml/input_output.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+Feature: XML Input and Output
+  In order to use the API with XML
+  As a client software developer
+  I need to be able to use DTOs on my resources as Input or Output objects.
+
+  Background:
+    Given I add "Accept" header equal to "application/xml"
+    And I add "Content-Type" header equal to "application/xml"
+
+  @createSchema
+  Scenario: Posting an XML resource with a string value
+    When I send a "POST" request to "/resource_with_strings" with body:
+    """
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <ResourceWithString>
+      <myStringField>string</myStringField>
+    </ResourceWithString>
+    """
+    Then the response status code should be 201
+    And the response should be in XML
+    And the header "Content-Type" should be equal to "application/xml; charset=utf-8"
+
+  @createSchema
+  Scenario Outline: Posting an XML resource with a boolean value
+    When I send a "POST" request to "/resource_with_booleans" with body:
+    """
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <ResourceWithBoolean>
+      <myBooleanField><value></myBooleanField>
+    </ResourceWithBoolean>
+    """
+    Then the response status code should be 201
+    And the response should be in XML
+    And the header "Content-Type" should be equal to "application/xml; charset=utf-8"
+  Examples:
+    | value |
+    | true  |
+    | false |
+    | True  |
+    | False |
+    | t     |
+    | f     |
+    | T     |
+    | F     |
+    | 1     |
+    | 0     |
+
+  @createSchema
+  Scenario: Posting an XML resource with an integer value
+    When I send a "POST" request to "/resource_with_integers" with body:
+    """
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <ResourceWithInteger>
+      <myIntegerField>42</myIntegerField>
+    </ResourceWithInteger>
+    """
+    Then the response status code should be 201
+    And the response should be in XML
+    And the header "Content-Type" should be equal to "application/xml; charset=utf-8"
+
+  @createSchema
+  Scenario: Posting an XML resource with an float value
+    When I send a "POST" request to "/resource_with_floats" with body:
+    """
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <ResourceWithFloat>
+      <myFloatField>3.14</myFloatField>
+    </ResourceWithFloat>
+    """
+    Then the response status code should be 201
+    And the response should be in XML
+    And the header "Content-Type" should be equal to "application/xml; charset=utf-8"
diff --git a/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php b/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
index 7c067184f88..ff077c9af0d 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
@@ -701,6 +701,29 @@ private function createAttributeValue($attribute, $value, $format = null, array
             return $this->serializer->denormalize($value, $className, $format, $context);
         }
 
+        if (is_string($value) && 'string' !== $type->getBuiltinType()) {
+
+            if ('bool' === $type->getBuiltinType()) {
+                if (in_array($value, ['true', 'True', 'T', 't', "1"], true)) {
+                    $value = true;
+                }
+                if (in_array($value, ['false', 'False', 'F', 'f', "0"], true)) {
+                    $value = false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (is_numeric($value)) {
+
+                if ('int' === $type->getBuiltinType()) {
+                    $value = intval($value);
+                }
+
+                if ('float' === $type->getBuiltinType()) {
+                    $value = floatval($value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         if ($context[static::DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT] ?? false) {
             return $value;
         }
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithBoolean.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithBoolean.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..095427d4b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithBoolean.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Core\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\Entity;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiResource;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ApiResource
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ */
+class ResourceWithBoolean
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var int The id
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="boolean")
+     */
+    private $myBooleanField = false;
+
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getMyBooleanField(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->myBooleanField;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param bool $myBooleanField
+     */
+    public function setMyBooleanField(bool $myBooleanField): void
+    {
+        $this->myBooleanField = $myBooleanField;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithFloat.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithFloat.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..812d937eda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithFloat.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Core\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\Entity;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiResource;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ApiResource
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ */
+class ResourceWithFloat
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var int The id
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var float
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="float")
+     */
+    private $myFloatField = 0.0;
+
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return float
+     */
+    public function getMyFloatField(): float
+    {
+        return $this->myFloatField;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param float $myFloatField
+     */
+    public function setMyFloatField(float $myFloatField): void
+    {
+        $this->myFloatField = $myFloatField;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithInteger.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithInteger.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..312388f8336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithInteger.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Core\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\Entity;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiResource;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ApiResource
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ */
+class ResourceWithInteger
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var int The id
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
+     */
+    private $myIntegerField = 0;
+
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getMyIntegerField(): int
+    {
+        return $this->myIntegerField;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $myIntegerField
+     */
+    public function setMyIntegerField(int $myIntegerField): void
+    {
+        $this->myIntegerField = $myIntegerField;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithString.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithString.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50323eaca3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/Entity/ResourceWithString.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Core\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\Entity;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiResource;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ApiResource
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ */
+class ResourceWithString
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var int The id
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     *
+     * @ORM\Column(type="string")
+     */
+    private $myStringField = '';
+
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getMyStringField(): string
+    {
+        return $this->myStringField;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $myStringField
+     */
+    public function setMyStringField(string $myStringField): void
+    {
+        $this->myStringField = $myStringField;
+    }
+}