diff --git a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
index c99144d9351903..8f01b70d4301a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
@@ -517,4 +517,98 @@ rec {
     '') {};
   };
 
+  badgerfishToXml = {}: json {} // {
+    type = let
+      valueType = oneOf [
+        bool
+        int
+        float
+        str
+        path
+        (attrsOf valueType)
+        (listOf valueType)
+      ] // {
+        description = "XML value";
+      };
+    in valueType;
+
+    generate = name: value: pkgs.callPackage ({ runCommand, python3, libxml2Python }: runCommand name {
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 python3.pkgs.xmltodict libxml2Python];
+      value = builtins.toJSON value;
+      pythonGen = ''
+        import json
+        import os
+        import xmltodict
+
+        with open(os.environ["valuePath"], "r") as f:
+            print(xmltodict.unparse(json.load(f), pretty=True, indent=" " * 2))
+      '';
+      passAsFile = [ "value" "pythonGen" ];
+      preferLocalBuild = true;
+    } ''
+      python3 "$pythonGenPath" > $out
+      xmllint $out > /dev/null
+    '') {};
+  };
+
+  xml =
+    {
+      format ? "badgerfish",
+      withHeader ? true,
+    }:
+    if format == "badgerfish" then
+      rec {
+        type =
+          oneOf [
+            bool
+            int
+            float
+            str
+            path
+            (attrsOf type)
+            (listOf type)
+          ]
+          // {
+            description = "XML value";
+          };
+
+        generate =
+          name: value:
+          pkgs.callPackage (
+            {
+              runCommand,
+              python3,
+              libxml2Python,
+            }:
+            runCommand name
+              {
+                nativeBuildInputs = [
+                  python3
+                  python3.pkgs.xmltodict
+                  libxml2Python
+                ];
+                value = builtins.toJSON value;
+                pythonGen = ''
+                  import json
+                  import os
+                  import xmltodict
+
+                  with open(os.environ["valuePath"], "r") as f:
+                      print(xmltodict.unparse(json.load(f), full_document=${toString withHeader}, pretty=True, indent=" " * 2))
+                '';
+                passAsFile = [
+                  "value"
+                  "pythonGen"
+                ];
+                preferLocalBuild = true;
+              }
+              ''
+                python3 "$pythonGenPath" > $out
+                xmllint $out > /dev/null
+              ''
+          ) { };
+      }
+    else
+      throw "Unknown format: ${format}";
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix
index 86a35c6bf26dc3..1b445a1b76866a 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix
@@ -469,4 +469,29 @@ in runBuildTests {
     '';
   };
 
+  badgerfishToXmlGenerate = shouldPass {
+    format = formats.xml { };
+    input = {
+      root = {
+        "@id" = "123";
+        "@class" = "example";
+        child1 = {
+          "@name" = "child1Name";
+          "#text" = "text node";
+        };
+        child2 = {
+          grandchild = "This is a grandchild text node.";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    expected = ''
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+      <root class="example" id="123">
+        <child1 name="child1Name">text node</child1>
+        <child2>
+          <grandchild>This is a grandchild text node.</grandchild>
+        </child2>
+      </root>
+    '';
+  };
 }