diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Ems/Messaging/Ems/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Ems/Messaging/Ems/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs
index e7dcf219..f0070c75 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Ems/Messaging/Ems/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Ems/Messaging/Ems/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Ems.Support.Converter
             {
                 using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
                 {
-                    using (XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8))
+                    using (XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, new UTF8Encoding(EncoderShouldEmitUtf8Identifier)))
                     {
                         XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(objectToConvert.GetType());
                         xs.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, objectToConvert);
diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Nms/Messaging/Nms/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Nms/Messaging/Nms/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs
index 2b88352e..802b7ff2 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Nms/Messaging/Nms/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Nms/Messaging/Nms/Support/Converter/XmlMessageConverter.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Nms.Support.Converter
             {
                 using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
                 {
-                    using (XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8))
+                    using (XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, new UTF8Encoding(EncoderShouldEmitUtf8Identifier)))
                     {
                         XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(objectToConvert.GetType());
                         xs.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, objectToConvert);