diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java
index 1083ab4cd..f9aa206b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java
@@ -654,6 +654,82 @@ public void writeUTF8String(byte[] text, int offset, int length) throws IOExcept
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
+    @Override
+    public void writeRawValue(String text) throws IOException {
+        // [dataformat-xml#39]
+        if (_stax2Emulation) {
+            _reportUnimplementedStax2("writeRawValue");
+        }
+        try {
+            _verifyValueWrite("write raw value");
+            if (_nextName == null) {
+                handleMissingName();
+            }
+
+            if (_nextIsAttribute) {
+                _xmlWriter.writeAttribute(_nextName.getNamespaceURI(), _nextName.getLocalPart(), text);
+            } else {
+                _xmlWriter.writeStartElement(_nextName.getNamespaceURI(), _nextName.getLocalPart());
+                _xmlWriter.writeRaw(text);
+                _xmlWriter.writeEndElement();
+            }
+        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
+            StaxUtil.throwXmlAsIOException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeRawValue(String text, int offset, int len) throws IOException {
+        // [dataformat-xml#39]
+        if (_stax2Emulation) {
+            _reportUnimplementedStax2("writeRawValue");
+        }
+        try {
+            _verifyValueWrite("write raw value");
+            if (_nextName == null) {
+                handleMissingName();
+            }
+
+            if (_nextIsAttribute) {
+                _xmlWriter.writeAttribute(_nextName.getNamespaceURI(), _nextName.getLocalPart(), text.substring(offset, offset + len));
+            } else {
+                _xmlWriter.writeStartElement(_nextName.getNamespaceURI(), _nextName.getLocalPart());
+                _xmlWriter.writeRaw(text, offset, len);
+                _xmlWriter.writeEndElement();
+            }
+        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
+            StaxUtil.throwXmlAsIOException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeRawValue(char[] text, int offset, int len) throws IOException {
+        // [dataformat-xml#39]
+        if (_stax2Emulation) {
+            _reportUnimplementedStax2("writeRawValue");
+        }
+        _verifyValueWrite("write raw value");
+        if (_nextName == null) {
+            handleMissingName();
+        }
+        try {
+            if (_nextIsAttribute) {
+                _xmlWriter.writeAttribute(_nextName.getNamespaceURI(), _nextName.getLocalPart(), new String(text, offset, len));
+            } else {
+                _xmlWriter.writeStartElement(_nextName.getNamespaceURI(), _nextName.getLocalPart());
+                _xmlWriter.writeRaw(text, offset, len);
+                _xmlWriter.writeEndElement();
+            }
+        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
+            StaxUtil.throwXmlAsIOException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeRawValue(SerializableString text) throws IOException {
+        _reportUnsupportedOperation();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeRaw(String text) throws IOException
     {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java
index 2696d35b2..5d3d20a12 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java
@@ -105,5 +105,119 @@ public void testWriteToFile() throws Exception
 
         assertEquals("<IntWrapper><i>42</i></IntWrapper>", xml);
         f.delete();
-    }    
+    }
+
+    public void testRawSimpleValue() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlFactory f = new XmlFactory();
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        ToXmlGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(out);
+        // root name is special, need to be fed first:
+        gen.setNextName(new QName("root"));
+        gen.writeStartObject();
+        gen.writeFieldName("elem");
+        gen.writeRawValue("value");
+        gen.writeEndObject();
+        gen.close();
+        String xml = out.toString();
+        // one more thing: remove that annoying 'xmlns' decl, if it's there:
+        xml = removeSjsxpNamespace(xml);
+        assertEquals("<root><elem>value</elem></root>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testRawOffsetValue() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlFactory f = new XmlFactory();
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        ToXmlGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(out);
+        // root name is special, need to be fed first:
+        gen.setNextName(new QName("root"));
+        gen.writeStartObject();
+        gen.writeFieldName("elem");
+        gen.writeRawValue("NotAValue_value_NotAValue", 10, 5);
+        gen.writeEndObject();
+        gen.close();
+        String xml = out.toString();
+        // one more thing: remove that annoying 'xmlns' decl, if it's there:
+        xml = removeSjsxpNamespace(xml);
+        assertEquals("<root><elem>value</elem></root>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testRawCharArrayValue() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlFactory f = new XmlFactory();
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        ToXmlGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(out);
+        // root name is special, need to be fed first:
+        gen.setNextName(new QName("root"));
+        gen.writeStartObject();
+        gen.writeFieldName("elem");
+        gen.writeRawValue(new char[] {'!', 'v', 'a', 'l', 'u', 'e', '!'}, 1, 5);
+        gen.writeEndObject();
+        gen.close();
+        String xml = out.toString();
+        // one more thing: remove that annoying 'xmlns' decl, if it's there:
+        xml = removeSjsxpNamespace(xml);
+        assertEquals("<root><elem>value</elem></root>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testRawSimpleAttribute() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlFactory f = new XmlFactory();
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        ToXmlGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(out);
+        // root name is special, need to be fed first:
+        gen.setNextName(new QName("root"));
+        gen.writeStartObject();
+        // and also need to force attribute
+        gen.setNextIsAttribute(true);
+        gen.writeFieldName("attr");
+        gen.writeRawValue("value");
+        gen.writeEndObject();
+        gen.close();
+        String xml = out.toString();
+        // one more thing: remove that annoying 'xmlns' decl, if it's there:
+        xml = removeSjsxpNamespace(xml);
+        assertEquals("<root attr=\"value\"/>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testRawOffsetAttribute() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlFactory f = new XmlFactory();
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        ToXmlGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(out);
+        // root name is special, need to be fed first:
+        gen.setNextName(new QName("root"));
+        gen.writeStartObject();
+        // and also need to force attribute
+        gen.setNextIsAttribute(true);
+        gen.writeFieldName("attr");
+        gen.writeRawValue("NotAValue_value_NotAValue", 10, 5);
+        gen.writeEndObject();
+        gen.close();
+        String xml = out.toString();
+        // one more thing: remove that annoying 'xmlns' decl, if it's there:
+        xml = removeSjsxpNamespace(xml);
+        assertEquals("<root attr=\"value\"/>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testRawCharArratAttribute() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlFactory f = new XmlFactory();
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        ToXmlGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(out);
+        // root name is special, need to be fed first:
+        gen.setNextName(new QName("root"));
+        gen.writeStartObject();
+        // and also need to force attribute
+        gen.setNextIsAttribute(true);
+        gen.writeFieldName("attr");
+        gen.writeRawValue(new char[]{'!', 'v', 'a', 'l', 'u', 'e', '!'}, 1, 5);
+        gen.writeEndObject();
+        gen.close();
+        String xml = out.toString();
+        // one more thing: remove that annoying 'xmlns' decl, if it's there:
+        xml = removeSjsxpNamespace(xml);
+        assertEquals("<root attr=\"value\"/>", xml);
+    }
 }