diff --git a/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 90a4bef58..3707b807d 100644
--- a/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         _settings = cppCheck.settings();
         if (_settings._xml)
         {
-            reportErr("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
-            reportErr("<results>");
+            reportErr(ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLHeader());
         }
 
         unsigned int returnValue = 0;
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
 
         if (_settings._xml)
         {
-            reportErr("</results>");
+            reportErr(ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLFooter());
         }
 
         if (returnValue)
diff --git a/src/errorlogger.cpp b/src/errorlogger.cpp
index ca8f23d8d..e5c316075 100644
--- a/src/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/src/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@ bool ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::deserialize(const std::string &data)
     return true;
 }
 
+std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLHeader()
+{
+    return  "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+            "<results>";
+}
+
+std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLFooter()
+{
+    return "</results>";
+}
+
 std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::toXML() const
 {
     std::ostringstream xml;
diff --git a/src/errorlogger.h b/src/errorlogger.h
index 43aa2334f..7070bf45a 100644
--- a/src/errorlogger.h
+++ b/src/errorlogger.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ public:
         ErrorMessage(const std::list<FileLocation> &callStack, const std::string &severity, const std::string &msg, const std::string &id);
         ErrorMessage();
         std::string toXML() const;
+
+        static std::string getXMLHeader();
+        static std::string getXMLFooter();
+
         std::string toText() const;
         std::string serialize() const;
         bool deserialize(const std::string &data);