diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
index adc53d117a..6a271b8361 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
@@ -3726,6 +3726,31 @@ public interface DSLContext extends Scope , AutoCloseable  {
     @Support
     Result<Record> fetchFromJSON(String string);
 
+    /**
+     * Fetch all data from an XML string.
+     * <p>
+     * This is the inverse of calling {@link Result#formatXML()}. Use the
+     * various conversion methods to retrieve other data types from the
+     * <code>Result</code>:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li> {@link Result#getValues(Field, Class)}</li>
+     * <li> {@link Result#getValues(int, Class)}</li>
+     * <li> {@link Result#getValues(String, Class)}</li>
+     * <li> {@link Result#getValues(Field, Converter)}</li>
+     * <li> {@link Result#getValues(int, Converter)}</li>
+     * <li> {@link Result#getValues(String, Converter)}</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * Missing values result in <code>null</code>. Empty values result in empty
+     * <code>Strings</code>
+     *
+     * @param string The XML string
+     * @return The transformed result. This will never be <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws DataAccessException If anything went wrong parsing the XML file
+     */
+    @Support
+    Result<Record> fetchFromXML(String string);
+
     /**
      * Fetch all data from a list of strings.
      * <p>
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
index f313b62e8c..5dd34b760c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.blocking;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.list;
 import static org.jooq.tools.Convert.convert;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.StringReader;
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 
 import org.jooq.AlterIndexOnStep;
 import org.jooq.AlterIndexStep;
@@ -1451,9 +1454,8 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext extends AbstractScope implements DSLContext, Seri
         }
         finally {
             try {
-                if (reader != null) {
+                if (reader != null)
                     reader.close();
-                }
             }
             catch (IOException ignore) {}
         }
@@ -1461,6 +1463,22 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext extends AbstractScope implements DSLContext, Seri
         return fetchFromStringData(list);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Result<Record> fetchFromXML(String string) {
+        try {
+            SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+            SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
+            // TODO: Why does the SAXParser replace \r by \n?
+
+            XMLHandler handler = new XMLHandler(this);
+            saxParser.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()), handler);
+            return handler.result;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new DataAccessException("Could not read the XML string", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Result<Record> fetchFromStringData(String[]... strings) {
         return fetchFromStringData(list(strings), true);