diff --git a/async_postgres/pg_types.nim b/async_postgres/pg_types.nim
index af231d7..d8ae668 100644
--- a/async_postgres/pg_types.nim
+++ b/async_postgres/pg_types.nim
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ type
   PgTsVector* = distinct string ## PostgreSQL tsvector (full-text search document).
   PgTsQuery* = distinct string ## PostgreSQL tsquery (full-text search query).
 
+  PgXml* = distinct string ## PostgreSQL xml type.
+
   PgPoint* = object ## PostgreSQL point type: (x, y).
     x*: float64
     y*: float64
@@ -199,6 +201,8 @@ const
   OidTsVector* = 3614'i32
   OidTsQuery* = 3615'i32
 
+  OidXml* = 142'i32
+
   rangeEmpty* = 0x01'u8 ## Range flag: range is empty.
   rangeHasLower* = 0x02'u8 ## Range flag: lower bound present.
   rangeHasUpper* = 0x04'u8 ## Range flag: upper bound present.
@@ -221,6 +225,9 @@ proc `==`*(a, b: PgTsVector): bool {.borrow.}
 proc `$`*(v: PgTsQuery): string {.borrow.}
 proc `==`*(a, b: PgTsQuery): bool {.borrow.}
 
+proc `$`*(v: PgXml): string {.borrow.}
+proc `==`*(a, b: PgXml): bool {.borrow.}
+
 proc parsePgNumeric*(s: string): PgNumeric =
   ## Parse a decimal string (e.g. "123.45", "-0.001", "NaN") into PgNumeric.
   if s.len == 0:
@@ -650,6 +657,9 @@ proc toPgParam*(v: PgTsVector): PgParam =
 proc toPgParam*(v: PgTsQuery): PgParam =
   PgParam(oid: OidTsQuery, format: 0, value: some(toBytes(string(v))))
 
+proc toPgParam*(v: PgXml): PgParam =
+  PgParam(oid: OidXml, format: 0, value: some(toBytes(string(v))))
+
 proc toPgParam*(v: PgPoint): PgParam =
   PgParam(oid: OidPoint, format: 0, value: some(toBytes($v)))
 
@@ -979,6 +989,10 @@ proc toPgBinaryParam*(v: PgTsQuery): PgParam =
   ## Send as text format — PostgreSQL handles the parsing.
   PgParam(oid: OidTsQuery, format: 0, value: some(toBytes(string(v))))
 
+proc toPgBinaryParam*(v: PgXml): PgParam =
+  ## Binary wire format for xml is the text representation itself.
+  PgParam(oid: OidXml, format: 1, value: some(toBytes(string(v))))
+
 proc encodePointBinary(p: PgPoint): seq[byte] =
   ## Encode a point as 16 bytes (two float64 big-endian).
   result = newSeq[byte](16)
@@ -2021,6 +2035,18 @@ proc getTsQuery*(row: Row, col: int): PgTsQuery =
     return PgTsQuery(decodeBinaryTsQuery(row.data.buf.toOpenArray(off, off + clen - 1)))
   PgTsQuery(row.getStr(col))
 
+proc getXml*(row: Row, col: int): PgXml =
+  ## Get a column value as PgXml. Handles both text and binary format.
+  if row.isBinaryCol(col):
+    let (off, clen) = cellInfo(row, col)
+    if clen == -1:
+      raise newException(PgTypeError, "Column " & $col & " is NULL")
+    var s = newString(clen)
+    for i in 0 ..< clen:
+      s[i] = char(row.data.buf[off + i])
+    return PgXml(s)
+  PgXml(row.getStr(col))
+
 # Geometry text format parsers
 
 proc parsePointText(s: string): PgPoint =
@@ -2256,6 +2282,7 @@ optAccessor(getMacAddr, getMacAddrOpt, PgMacAddr)
 optAccessor(getMacAddr8, getMacAddr8Opt, PgMacAddr8)
 optAccessor(getTsVector, getTsVectorOpt, PgTsVector)
 optAccessor(getTsQuery, getTsQueryOpt, PgTsQuery)
+optAccessor(getXml, getXmlOpt, PgXml)
 optAccessor(getPoint, getPointOpt, PgPoint)
 optAccessor(getLine, getLineOpt, PgLine)
 optAccessor(getLseg, getLsegOpt, PgLseg)
@@ -3842,6 +3869,9 @@ proc get*(row: Row, col: int, T: typedesc[PgTsVector]): PgTsVector =
 proc get*(row: Row, col: int, T: typedesc[PgTsQuery]): PgTsQuery =
   row.getTsQuery(col)
 
+proc get*(row: Row, col: int, T: typedesc[PgXml]): PgXml =
+  row.getXml(col)
+
 proc get*(row: Row, col: int, T: typedesc[PgPoint]): PgPoint =
   row.getPoint(col)
 
@@ -3964,6 +3994,7 @@ nameAccessor(getMacAddr, PgMacAddr)
 nameAccessor(getMacAddr8, PgMacAddr8)
 nameAccessor(getTsVector, PgTsVector)
 nameAccessor(getTsQuery, PgTsQuery)
+nameAccessor(getXml, PgXml)
 nameAccessor(getPoint, PgPoint)
 nameAccessor(getLine, PgLine)
 nameAccessor(getLseg, PgLseg)
@@ -3986,6 +4017,7 @@ nameAccessor(getMacAddrOpt, Option[PgMacAddr])
 nameAccessor(getMacAddr8Opt, Option[PgMacAddr8])
 nameAccessor(getTsVectorOpt, Option[PgTsVector])
 nameAccessor(getTsQueryOpt, Option[PgTsQuery])
+nameAccessor(getXmlOpt, Option[PgXml])
 nameAccessor(getPointOpt, Option[PgPoint])
 nameAccessor(getLineOpt, Option[PgLine])
 nameAccessor(getLsegOpt, Option[PgLseg])
diff --git a/tests/test_e2e.nim b/tests/test_e2e.nim
index edb0d4c..f61b57f 100644
--- a/tests/test_e2e.nim
+++ b/tests/test_e2e.nim
@@ -6140,3 +6140,48 @@ suite "E2E: cancelNoWait":
       await conn.close()
 
     waitFor t()
+
+  test "xml roundtrip":
+    proc t() {.async.} =
+      let conn = await connect(plainConfig())
+      let v = PgXml("<root><item>hello</item></root>")
+      let res = await conn.query("SELECT $1::xml", @[toPgParam(v)])
+      doAssert res.rows.len == 1
+      let got = res.rows[0].getXml(0)
+      doAssert $got == "<root><item>hello</item></root>"
+      await conn.close()
+
+    waitFor t()
+
+  test "xmlparse function":
+    proc t() {.async.} =
+      let conn = await connect(plainConfig())
+      let res = await conn.query("SELECT xmlparse(CONTENT '<item>test</item>')")
+      doAssert res.rows.len == 1
+      let v = res.rows[0].getXml(0)
+      doAssert "<item>test</item>" == $v
+      await conn.close()
+
+    waitFor t()
+
+  test "NULL xml":
+    proc t() {.async.} =
+      let conn = await connect(plainConfig())
+      let res = await conn.query("SELECT NULL::xml")
+      doAssert res.rows.len == 1
+      doAssert res.rows[0].getXmlOpt(0).isNone
+      await conn.close()
+
+    waitFor t()
+
+  test "xml binary results":
+    proc t() {.async.} =
+      let conn = await connect(plainConfig())
+      let res =
+        await conn.query("SELECT '<root>data</root>'::xml", resultFormat = rfBinary)
+      doAssert res.rows.len == 1
+      let v = res.rows[0].getXml(0)
+      doAssert "<root>data</root>" == $v
+      await conn.close()
+
+    waitFor t()
diff --git a/tests/test_types.nim b/tests/test_types.nim
index 49ba3b6..2b2e3f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.nim
+++ b/tests/test_types.nim
@@ -3924,3 +3924,53 @@ suite "tsvector / tsquery":
     let fields = @[mkField(OidTsQuery, 0'i16)]
     let row = mkRow(@[none(seq[byte])], fields)
     check row.getTsQueryOpt(0).isNone
+
+suite "xml":
+  test "OID constant":
+    check OidXml == 142'i32
+
+  test "toPgParam PgXml":
+    let v = PgXml("<root><item>hello</item></root>")
+    let p = toPgParam(v)
+    check p.oid == OidXml
+    check p.format == 0
+    check toString(p.value.get) == "<root><item>hello</item></root>"
+
+  test "toPgBinaryParam PgXml sends binary format":
+    let v = PgXml("<root/>")
+    let p = toPgBinaryParam(v)
+    check p.oid == OidXml
+    check p.format == 1
+
+  test "$ PgXml":
+    let v = PgXml("<root/>")
+    check $v == "<root/>"
+
+  test "== PgXml":
+    check PgXml("<a/>") == PgXml("<a/>")
+    check PgXml("<a/>") != PgXml("<b/>")
+
+  test "getXml text format":
+    let data = toBytes("<root><item>test</item></root>")
+    let fields = @[mkField(OidXml, 0'i16)]
+    let row = mkRow(@[some(data)], fields)
+    check $row.getXml(0) == "<root><item>test</item></root>"
+
+  test "getXml binary format":
+    let data = toBytes("<root><item>test</item></root>")
+    let fields = @[mkField(OidXml, 1'i16)]
+    let row = mkRow(@[some(data)], fields)
+    check $row.getXml(0) == "<root><item>test</item></root>"
+
+  test "getXmlOpt some":
+    let data = toBytes("<root/>")
+    let fields = @[mkField(OidXml, 0'i16)]
+    let row = mkRow(@[some(data)], fields)
+    let r = row.getXmlOpt(0)
+    check r.isSome
+    check $r.get == "<root/>"
+
+  test "getXmlOpt none":
+    let fields = @[mkField(OidXml, 0'i16)]
+    let row = mkRow(@[none(seq[byte])], fields)
+    check row.getXmlOpt(0).isNone