diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index bacb623..87ce302 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #12145: Added `beforeCacheResponse` and `afterRestoreResponse` to `yii\filters\PageCache` to be more easily extendable (sergeymakinen)
 - Enh #12390: Avoid creating queries with false where condition (`0=1`) when fetching relational data (klimov-paul)
 - Enh #12399: Added `ActiveField::addAriaAttributes` property for `aria-required` and `aria-invalid` attributes rendering (Oxyaction, samdark)
+- Enh #12419: Added ability to remove root tag and object tags for `yii\web\XmlResponseFormatter` (mhthnz, samdark)
 - Enh #12619: Added catch `Throwable` in `yii\base\ErrorHandler::handleException()`, transactions and simlar places where consistency must be kept after exception (rob006, cebe)
 - Enh #12659: Suggest alternatives when console command was not found (mdmunir, cebe)
 - Enh #12726: `yii\base\Application::$version` converted to `yii\base\Module::$version` virtual property, allowing to specify version as a PHP callback (klimov-paul)
diff --git a/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatter.php b/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatter.php
index ec08656..e6ceca1 100644
--- a/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatter.php
+++ b/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatter.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class XmlResponseFormatter extends Component implements ResponseFormatterInterfa
      */
     public $encoding;
     /**
-     * @var string the name of the root element.
+     * @var string the name of the root element. If set to false, null or is empty then no root tag should be added.
      */
     public $rootTag = 'response';
     /**
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ class XmlResponseFormatter extends Component implements ResponseFormatterInterfa
      * @since 2.0.7
      */
     public $useTraversableAsArray = true;
-
+    /**
+     * @var bool if object tags should be added
+     * @since 2.0.11
+     */
+    public $objectTags = true;
 
     /**
      * Formats the specified response.
@@ -65,9 +69,13 @@ class XmlResponseFormatter extends Component implements ResponseFormatterInterfa
         $response->getHeaders()->set('Content-Type', $this->contentType);
         if ($response->data !== null) {
             $dom = new DOMDocument($this->version, $charset);
-            $root = new DOMElement($this->rootTag);
-            $dom->appendChild($root);
-            $this->buildXml($root, $response->data);
+            if (!empty($this->rootTag)) {
+                $root = new DOMElement($this->rootTag);
+                $dom->appendChild($root);
+                $this->buildXml($root, $response->data);
+            } else {
+                $this->buildXml($dom, $response->data);
+            }
             $response->content = $dom->saveXML();
         }
     }
@@ -95,8 +103,12 @@ class XmlResponseFormatter extends Component implements ResponseFormatterInterfa
                 }
             }
         } elseif (is_object($data)) {
-            $child = new DOMElement(StringHelper::basename(get_class($data)));
-            $element->appendChild($child);
+            if ($this->objectTags) {
+                $child = new DOMElement(StringHelper::basename(get_class($data)));
+                $element->appendChild($child);    
+            } else {
+                $child = $element;
+            }
             if ($data instanceof Arrayable) {
                 $this->buildXml($child, $data->toArray());
             } else {
diff --git a/tests/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatterTest.php b/tests/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatterTest.php
index f4f3060..bf544a3 100644
--- a/tests/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/web/XmlResponseFormatterTest.php
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ use yiiunit\framework\web\stubs\ModelStub;
 class XmlResponseFormatterTest extends FormatterTest
 {
     /**
+     * @param array $options
      * @return XmlResponseFormatter
      */
-    protected function getFormatterInstance()
+    protected function getFormatterInstance($options = [])
     {
-        return new XmlResponseFormatter();
+        return new XmlResponseFormatter($options);
     }
 
     private $xmlHead = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";
@@ -116,4 +117,38 @@ class XmlResponseFormatterTest extends FormatterTest
             ]
         ]);
     }
+
+    public function testCustomRootTag()
+    {
+        $rootTag = 'custom';
+        $formatter = $this->getFormatterInstance([
+            'rootTag' => $rootTag,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->response->data = 1;
+        $formatter->format($this->response);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->xmlHead . "<$rootTag>1</$rootTag>\n", $this->response->content);
+    }
+
+    public function testRootTagRemoval()
+    {
+        $formatter = $this->getFormatterInstance([
+            'rootTag' => null,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->response->data = 1;
+        $formatter->format($this->response);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->xmlHead . "1\n", $this->response->content);
+    }
+
+    public function testNoObjectTags()
+    {
+        $formatter = $this->getFormatterInstance([
+            'objectTags' => false,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->response->data = new Post(123, 'abc');
+        $formatter->format($this->response);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->xmlHead . "<response><id>123</id><title>abc</title></response>\n", $this->response->content);
+    }
 }