diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 3bc0dbf5..0fbed223 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const textTypes = new Set([
 ]);
 
 const JSON_RE = /^application\/(?:[\w!#$%&*.^`~-]*\+)?json(;.+)?$/i;
+const XML_RE = /^[\w!#$%&*.^`~-]+\/(?:[\w!#$%&*.^`~-]*\+)?xml(;.+)?$/i;
 
 // This provides reasonable defaults for the correct parser based on Content-Type header.
 export function detectResponseType(_contentType = ""): ResponseType {
@@ -75,7 +76,11 @@ export function detectResponseType(_contentType = ""): ResponseType {
     return "stream";
   }
 
-  if (textTypes.has(contentType) || contentType.startsWith("text/")) {
+  if (
+    textTypes.has(contentType) ||
+    XML_RE.test(contentType) ||
+    contentType.startsWith("text/")
+  ) {
     return "text";
   }
 
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 5ac20b07..955d8965 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ describe("ofetch", () => {
         event.res.headers.set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
         return new Blob(["binary"]);
       })
+      .all("/content-type", (event) => {
+        event.res.headers.set(
+          "Content-Type",
+          event.url.searchParams.get("type") || "text/plain"
+        );
+        return "<rss />";
+      })
       .all(
         "/403",
         () => new HTTPError({ status: 403, statusMessage: "Forbidden" })
@@ -110,6 +117,23 @@ describe("ofetch", () => {
     expect(await $fetch(getURL("binary"))).to.be.instanceOf(Blob);
   });
 
+  it("returns text for xml content-types", async () => {
+    for (const type of [
+      "application/xml",
+      "application/rss+xml",
+      "application/atom+xml",
+      "application/xhtml+xml",
+      "image/svg+xml",
+      "model/step+xml",
+      "message/imdn+xml",
+      "application/rss+xml; charset=utf-8",
+    ]) {
+      expect(
+        await $fetch(getURL(`content-type?type=${encodeURIComponent(type)}`))
+      ).to.equal("<rss />");
+    }
+  });
+
   it("baseURL", async () => {
     expect(await $fetch("/x?foo=123", { baseURL: getURL("url") })).to.equal(
       "/url/x?foo=123"