diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index fcc7d2513..df2303f08 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ class View extends Object {
 				unset($out);
 				return false;
 			} else {
+				if ($this->layout === 'xml') { 
+					$response->type('xml');
+				}
 				return substr($out, strlen($match[0]));
 			}
 		}