diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index 823f8d2d6..c4b693a0c 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -831,7 +831,12 @@ class Model extends Object {
 			return;
 		}
 		if (is_object($one)) {
-			$one = Set::reverse($one);
+			if ($one instanceof SimpleXMLElement || $one instanceof DOMNode) {
+				App::import('Core', 'Xml');
+				$one = $this->_normalizeXmlData(Xml::toArray($one));
+			} else {
+				$one = Set::reverse($one);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (is_array($one)) {
@@ -868,6 +873,26 @@ class Model extends Object {
 		return $data;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Normalize Xml::toArray() to use in Model::save()
+ *
+ * @param array $xml XML as array
+ * @return array
+ */
+	protected function _normalizeXmlData(array $xml) {
+		$return = array();
+		foreach ($xml as $key => $value) {
+			if (is_array($value)) {
+				$return[Inflector::camelize($key)] = $this->_normalizeXmlData($value);
+			} elseif ($key[0] === '@') {
+				$return[substr($key, 1)] = $value;
+			} else {
+				$return[$key] = $value;
+			}
+		}
+		return $return;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Deconstructs a complex data type (array or object) into a single field value.
  *
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php
index fcf7c8e8f..4693bf30a 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php
@@ -1019,12 +1019,20 @@ class ModelWriteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		App::import('Core', 'Xml');
 
 		$Article = new Article();
-		$Article->save(new Xml('<article title="test xml" user_id="5" />'));
-		$result = $Article->save(new Xml('<article title="test xml" user_id="5" />'));
+		$result = $Article->save(Xml::build('<article title="test xml" user_id="5" />'));
 		$this->assertFalse(empty($result));
-
 		$results = $Article->find(array('Article.title' => 'test xml'));
 		$this->assertFalse(empty($results));
+
+		$result = $Article->save(Xml::build('<article><title>testing</title><user_id>6</user_id></article>'));
+		$this->assertFalse(empty($result));
+		$results = $Article->find(array('Article.title' => 'testing'));
+		$this->assertFalse(empty($results));
+
+		$result = $Article->save(Xml::build('<article><title>testing with DOMDocument</title><user_id>7</user_id></article>', array('return' => 'domdocument')));
+		$this->assertFalse(empty($result));
+		$results = $Article->find(array('Article.title' => 'testing with DOMDocument'));
+		$this->assertFalse(empty($results));
 	}
 
 /**