diff --git a/osc/util/models.py b/osc/util/models.py
index d0f8dfb0..250e4b6a 100644
--- a/osc/util/models.py
+++ b/osc/util/models.py
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ This module IS NOT a supported API, it is meant for osc internal use only.
 import copy
 import inspect
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import types
+import typing
 from typing import Callable
 from typing import get_type_hints
+from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 # supported types
 from enum import Enum
@@ -23,7 +26,6 @@ from typing import Optional
 from typing import Tuple
 from typing import Union
 
-
 if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
 
     def get_origin(typ):
@@ -36,9 +38,14 @@ if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
 else:
     from typing import get_origin
 
+import urllib3.response
+
+from . import xml
+
 
 __all__ = (
     "BaseModel",
+    "XmlModel",
     "Field",
     "NotSet",
     "FromParent",
@@ -297,6 +304,10 @@ class Field(property):
                 else:
                     new_value.append(i)
             value = new_value
+        elif self.is_model and isinstance(value, str) and hasattr(self.origin_type, "XML_TAG_FIELD"):
+            klass = self.origin_type
+            key = getattr(self.origin_type, "XML_TAG_FIELD")
+            value = klass(**{key: value})
 
         self.validate_type(value)
         obj._values[self.name] = value
@@ -390,3 +401,350 @@ class BaseModel(metaclass=ModelMeta):
                 result[name] = value
 
         return result
+
+
+class XmlModel(BaseModel):
+    XML_TAG = None
+
+    def to_xml(self) -> ET.Element:
+        xml_tag = None
+
+        # check if there's a special field that sets the tag
+        for field_name, field in self.__fields__.items():
+            xml_set_tag = field.extra.get("xml_set_tag", False)
+            if xml_set_tag:
+                value = getattr(self, field_name)
+                xml_tag = value
+                break
+
+        # use the value from the class
+        if xml_tag is None:
+            xml_tag = self.XML_TAG
+
+        assert xml_tag is not None
+        root = ET.Element(xml_tag)
+
+        for field_name, field in self.__fields__.items():
+            xml_attribute = field.extra.get("xml_attribute", False)
+            xml_set_tag = field.extra.get("xml_set_tag", False)
+            xml_set_text = field.extra.get("xml_set_text", False)
+            xml_name = field.extra.get("xml_name", field_name)
+            xml_wrapped = field.extra.get("xml_wrapped", False)
+            xml_item_name = field.extra.get("xml_item_name", xml_name)
+
+            if xml_set_tag:
+                # a special case when the field determines the top-level tag name
+                continue
+
+            value = getattr(self, field_name)
+            if value is None:
+                # skip fields that are not set
+                continue
+
+            # if value is wrapped into an external element, create it
+            if xml_wrapped:
+                wrapper_node = ET.SubElement(root, xml_name)
+            else:
+                wrapper_node = root
+
+            if xml_set_text:
+                wrapper_node.text = str(value)
+                continue
+
+            if field.origin_type == list:
+                for entry in value:
+                    if isinstance(entry, dict):
+                        klass = field.inner_type
+                        obj = klass(**entry)
+                        node = obj.to_xml()
+                        wrapper_node.append(node)
+                    elif field.inner_type and issubclass(field.inner_type, XmlModel):
+                        wrapper_node.append(entry.to_xml())
+                    else:
+                        node = ET.SubElement(wrapper_node, xml_item_name)
+                        if xml_attribute:
+                            node.attrib[xml_attribute] = entry
+                        else:
+                            node.text = entry
+            elif issubclass(field.origin_type, XmlModel):
+                wrapper_node.append(value.to_xml())
+            elif xml_attribute:
+                wrapper_node.attrib[xml_name] = str(value)
+            else:
+                node = ET.SubElement(wrapper_node, xml_name)
+                node.text = str(value)
+        return root
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_string(cls, string: str) -> "XmlModel":
+        """
+        Instantiate model from string.
+        """
+        root = ET.fromstring(string)
+        return cls.from_xml(root)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_file(cls, file: Union[str, typing.IO]) -> "XmlModel":
+        """
+        Instantiate model from file.
+        """
+        root = ET.parse(file).getroot()
+        return cls.from_xml(root)
+
+    def to_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+        """
+        Serialize the object as XML and return it as utf-8 encoded bytes.
+        """
+        root = self.to_xml()
+        xml.xml_indent(root)
+        return ET.tostring(root, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    def to_string(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Serialize the object as XML and return it as a string.
+        """
+        return self.to_bytes().decode("utf-8")
+
+    def to_file(self, file: Union[str, typing.IO]) -> None:
+        """
+        Serialize the object as XML and save it to an utf-8 encoded file.
+        """
+        root = self.to_xml()
+        xml.xml_indent(root)
+        return ET.ElementTree(root).write(file, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def value_from_string(field, value):
+        """
+        Convert field value from string to the actual type of the field.
+        """
+        if field.origin_type is bool:
+            if value.lower() in ["1", "yes", "true", "on"]:
+                value = True
+                return value
+            if value.lower() in ["0", "no", "false", "off"]:
+                value = False
+                return value
+
+        if field.origin_type is int:
+            value = int(value)
+            return value
+
+        return value
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _remove_processed_node(cls, parent, node):
+        """
+        Remove a node that has been fully processed and is now empty.
+        """
+        if len(node) != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Node {node} contains unprocessed child elements {list(node)}")
+        if node.attrib:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Node {node} contains unprocessed attributes {node.attrib}")
+        if node.text is not None and node.text.strip():
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Node {node} contains unprocessed text {node.text}")
+        if parent is not None:
+            parent.remove(node)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_xml(cls, root: ET.Element):
+        """
+        Instantiate model from a XML root.
+        """
+
+        # We need to make sure we parse all data
+        # and that's why we remove processed elements and attributes and check that nothing remains.
+        # Otherwise we'd be sending partial XML back and that would lead to data loss.
+        #
+        # Let's make a copy of the xml tree because we'll destroy it during the process.
+        orig_root = root
+        root = copy.deepcopy(root)
+
+        kwargs = {}
+        for field_name, field in cls.__fields__.items():
+            xml_attribute = field.extra.get("xml_attribute", False)
+            xml_set_tag = field.extra.get("xml_set_tag", False)
+            xml_set_text = field.extra.get("xml_set_text", False)
+            xml_name = field.extra.get("xml_name", field_name)
+            xml_wrapped = field.extra.get("xml_wrapped", False)
+            xml_item_name = field.extra.get("xml_item_name", xml_name)
+            value: Any
+            node: Optional[ET.Element]
+
+            if xml_set_tag:
+                # field contains name of the ``root`` tag
+                if xml_wrapped:
+                    # the last node wins (overrides the previous nodes)
+                    for node in root[:]:
+                        value = node.tag
+                        cls._remove_processed_node(root, node)
+                else:
+                    value = root.tag
+
+                kwargs[field_name] = value
+                continue
+
+            if xml_set_text:
+                # field contains the value (text) of the element
+                if xml_wrapped:
+                    # the last node wins (overrides the previous nodes)
+                    for node in root[:]:
+                        value = node.text
+                        node.text = None
+                        cls._remove_processed_node(root, node)
+                else:
+                    value = root.text
+                    root.text = None
+
+                value = value.strip()
+                kwargs[field_name] = value
+                continue
+
+            if xml_attribute:
+                # field is an attribute that contains a scalar
+                if xml_name not in root.attrib:
+                    continue
+                value = cls.value_from_string(field, root.attrib.pop(xml_name))
+                kwargs[field_name] = value
+                continue
+
+            if field.origin_type is list:
+                if xml_wrapped:
+                    wrapper_node = root.find(xml_name)
+                    # we'll consider all nodes inside the wrapper node
+                    nodes = wrapper_node[:] if wrapper_node is not None else None
+                else:
+                    wrapper_node = None
+                    # we'll consider only nodes with matching name
+                    nodes = root.findall(xml_item_name)
+
+                if not nodes:
+                    if wrapper_node is not None:
+                        cls._remove_processed_node(root, wrapper_node)
+                    continue
+
+                values = []
+                for node in nodes:
+                    if field.is_model_list:
+                        klass = field.inner_type
+                        entry = klass.from_xml(node)
+
+                        # clear node as it was checked in from_xml() already
+                        node.text = None
+                        node.attrib = {}
+                        node[:] = []
+                    else:
+                        entry = cls.value_from_string(field, node.text)
+                        node.text = None
+
+                    values.append(entry)
+
+                    if xml_wrapped:
+                        cls._remove_processed_node(wrapper_node, node)
+                    else:
+                        cls._remove_processed_node(root, node)
+
+                if xml_wrapped:
+                    cls._remove_processed_node(root, wrapper_node)
+
+                kwargs[field_name] = values
+                continue
+
+            if field.is_model:
+                # field contains an instance of XmlModel
+                assert xml_name is not None
+                node = root.find(xml_name)
+                if node is None:
+                    continue
+                klass = field.origin_type
+                kwargs[field_name] = klass.from_xml(node)
+
+                # clear node as it was checked in from_xml() already
+                node.text = None
+                node.attrib = {}
+                node[:] = []
+
+                cls._remove_processed_node(root, node)
+                continue
+
+            # field contains a scalar
+            node = root.find(xml_name)
+            if node is None:
+                continue
+            value = cls.value_from_string(field, node.text)
+            node.text = None
+            if value is None:
+                if field.is_optional:
+                    continue
+                value = ""
+            kwargs[field_name] = value
+            cls._remove_processed_node(root, node)
+
+        cls._remove_processed_node(None, root)
+
+        obj = cls(**kwargs)
+        obj.__dict__["_root"] = orig_root
+        return obj
+
+    @classmethod
+    def xml_request(cls, method: str, apiurl: str, path: List[str], query: Optional[dict] = None, data: Optional[str] = None) -> urllib3.response.HTTPResponse:
+        from ..connection import http_request
+        from ..core import makeurl
+        url = makeurl(apiurl, path, query)
+        # TODO: catch HTTPError and return the wrapped response as XmlModel instance
+        return http_request(method, url, data=data, retry_on_400=False)
+
+    def do_update(self, other: "XmlModel") -> None:
+        """
+        Update values of the fields in the current model instance from another.
+        """
+        self._values = copy.deepcopy(other._values)
+
+    def do_edit(self) -> Tuple[str, str, "XmlModel"]:
+        """
+        Serialize model as XML and open it in an editor for editing.
+        Return a tuple with:
+          * a string with original data
+          * a string with edited data
+          * an instance of the class with edited data loaded
+
+        IMPORTANT: This method is always interactive.
+        """
+        from ..core import run_editor
+        from ..output import get_user_input
+
+        def write_file(f, data):
+            f.seek(0)
+            f.write(data)
+            f.truncate()
+            f.flush()
+
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", encoding="utf-8", prefix="obs_xml_", suffix=".xml") as f:
+            original_data = self.to_string()
+            write_file(f, original_data)
+
+            while True:
+                run_editor(f.name)
+                try:
+                    edited_obj = self.__class__.from_file(f.name)
+                    f.seek(0)
+                    edited_data = f.read()
+                    break
+                except Exception as e:
+                    reply = get_user_input(
+                        f"""
+                        The edited data is not valid.
+                        {e}
+                        """,
+                        answers={"a": "abort", "e": "edit", "u": "undo changes and edit"},
+                    )
+                    if reply == "a":
+                        from .. import oscerr
+                        raise oscerr.UserAbort()
+                    elif reply == "e":
+                        continue
+                    elif reply == "u":
+                        write_file(f, original_data)
+                        continue
+
+        return original_data, edited_data, edited_obj
diff --git a/tests/test_models_xmlmodel.py b/tests/test_models_xmlmodel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36f3942b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_models_xmlmodel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+import textwrap
+import unittest
+
+from osc.util.models import *
+
+
+class TestXmlModel(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_attribute(self):
+        class TestModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "tag"
+            value: str = Field(xml_attribute=True)
+
+        m = TestModel(value="FOO")
+        self.assertEqual(m.dict(), {"value": "FOO"})
+        expected = """<tag value="FOO" />"""
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+        # verify that we can also load the serialized data
+        m = TestModel.from_string(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+    def test_element(self):
+        class TestModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "tag"
+            value: str = Field()
+
+        m = TestModel(value="FOO")
+        self.assertEqual(m.dict(), {"value": "FOO"})
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            <tag>
+              <value>FOO</value>
+            </tag>
+            """
+        ).strip()
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+        # verify that we can also load the serialized data
+        m = TestModel.from_string(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+    def test_element_list(self):
+        class TestModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "tag"
+            value_list: List[str] = Field(xml_name="value")
+
+        m = TestModel(value_list=["FOO", "BAR"])
+        self.assertEqual(m.dict(), {"value_list": ["FOO", "BAR"]})
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            <tag>
+              <value>FOO</value>
+              <value>BAR</value>
+            </tag>
+            """
+        ).strip()
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+        # verify that we can also load the serialized data
+        m = TestModel.from_string(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+    def test_child_model(self):
+        class ChildModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "child"
+            value: str = Field()
+
+        class ParentModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "parent"
+            text: str = Field()
+            child: ChildModel = Field()
+
+        m = ParentModel(text="TEXT", child={"value": "FOO"})
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            <parent>
+              <text>TEXT</text>
+              <child>
+                <value>FOO</value>
+              </child>
+            </parent>
+            """
+        ).strip()
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+        # verify that we can also load the serialized data
+        m = ParentModel.from_string(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+    def test_child_model_list(self):
+        class ChildModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "child"
+            value: str = Field()
+
+        class ParentModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "parent"
+            text: str = Field()
+            child: List[ChildModel] = Field()
+
+        m = ParentModel(text="TEXT", child=[{"value": "FOO"}, {"value": "BAR"}])
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            <parent>
+              <text>TEXT</text>
+              <child>
+                <value>FOO</value>
+              </child>
+              <child>
+                <value>BAR</value>
+              </child>
+            </parent>
+            """
+        ).strip()
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+        # verify that we can also load the serialized data
+        m = ParentModel.from_string(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+    def test_child_model_list_wrapped(self):
+        class ChildModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "child"
+            value: str = Field()
+
+        class ParentModel(XmlModel):
+            XML_TAG = "parent"
+            text: str = Field()
+            child: List[ChildModel] = Field(xml_wrapped=True, xml_name="children")
+
+        m = ParentModel(text="TEXT", child=[{"value": "FOO"}, {"value": "BAR"}])
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            <parent>
+              <text>TEXT</text>
+              <children>
+                <child>
+                  <value>FOO</value>
+                </child>
+                <child>
+                  <value>BAR</value>
+                </child>
+              </children>
+            </parent>
+            """
+        ).strip()
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+        # verify that we can also load the serialized data
+        m = ParentModel.from_string(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(m.to_string(), expected)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()