diff --git a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java
index ca5a8e60..a3ef3951 100644
--- a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java
+++ b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor;
 import org.springframework.oxm.AbstractMarshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.XmlMappingException;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.xml.stream.StaxEventContentHandler;
 import org.springframework.xml.stream.XmlEventStreamReader;
 
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
      * Set a implicit colletion/type map, consisting of string implicit collection mapped to <code>Class</code>
      * instances (or Strings to be converted to <code>Class</code> instances).
      *
-     * @see org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor
+     * @see XStream#addImplicitCollection(Class, String)
      */
     public void setImplicitCollection(Map implicitCollection) {
         for (Iterator iterator = implicitCollection.entrySet().iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
@@ -261,6 +262,45 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds an omitted field for the given type.
+     *
+     * @param type      the type to be containing the field
+     * @param fieldName field to omitt
+     * @see XStream#omitField(Class, String)
+     */
+    public void addOmittedField(Class type, String fieldName) {
+        xstream.omitField(type, fieldName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a ommited field map, consisting of <code>Class</code> instances (or Strings to be converted to
+     * <code>Class</code> instances) mapped to comma separated field names.
+     *
+     * @see XStream#omitField(Class, String)
+     */
+    public void setOmittedFields(Map omittedFields) {
+        for (Iterator iterator = omittedFields.entrySet().iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iterator.next();
+            // Check whether we need to convert from String to Class.
+            Class type;
+            if (entry.getKey() instanceof Class) {
+                type = (Class) entry.getKey();
+            }
+            else {
+                ClassEditor editor = new ClassEditor();
+                editor.setAsText(String.valueOf(entry.getKey()));
+                type = (Class) editor.getValue();
+            }
+            // add each omitted field for the current type
+            String fieldsString = (String) entry.getValue();
+            String[] fields = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(fieldsString);
+            for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+                addOmittedField(type, fields[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public boolean supports(Class clazz) {
         if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(supportedClasses)) {
             return true;
@@ -291,6 +331,10 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
         return XStreamUtils.convertXStreamException(ex, marshalling);
     }
 
+    //
+    // Marshalling
+    //
+
     /**
      * Marshals the given graph to the given XStream HierarchicalStreamWriter. Converts exceptions using
      * <code>convertXStreamException</code>.
@@ -353,6 +397,10 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
         }
     }
 
+    //
+    // Unmarshalling
+    //
+
     private Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader streamReader) {
         try {
             return getXStream().unmarshal(streamReader);
diff --git a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java
index 0dda2fb7..e7e94146 100644
--- a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java
+++ b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
@@ -191,6 +192,21 @@ public class XStreamMarshallerTest extends XMLTestCase {
         assertXMLEqual("Marshaller does not use attributes", expected, result.toString());
     }
 
+    public void testOmitField() throws Exception {
+        marshaller.addOmittedField(Flight.class, "flightNumber");
+        StringResult result = new StringResult();
+        marshaller.marshal(flight, result);
+        assertXpathNotExists("/flight/flightNumber", result.toString());
+    }
+
+    public void testOmitFields() throws Exception {
+        Map omittedFieldsMap = Collections.singletonMap(Flight.class, "flightNumber");
+        marshaller.setOmittedFields(omittedFieldsMap);
+        StringResult result = new StringResult();
+        marshaller.marshal(flight, result);
+        assertXpathNotExists("/flight/flightNumber", result.toString());
+    }
+
     public void testDriver() throws Exception {
         marshaller.setStreamDriver(new JettisonMappedXmlDriver());
         StringResult result = new StringResult();