diff --git a/source/FluidXml/FluidContext.php b/source/FluidXml/FluidContext.php
index 6f76e41..a3f3790 100644
--- a/source/FluidXml/FluidContext.php
+++ b/source/FluidXml/FluidContext.php
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@ public function __toString(): string
                 return (string) $this->xml();
         }
 
-        public function xml($strip = false): string
+        public function xml($strip = false, int $options = 0): string
         {
-                return FluidHelper::domnodesToString($this->nodes);
+                return FluidHelper::domnodesToString($this->nodes, false, $options);
         }
 
         public function html($strip = false): string
diff --git a/source/FluidXml/FluidHelper.php b/source/FluidXml/FluidHelper.php
index 25b0b71..7f6db6e 100644
--- a/source/FluidXml/FluidHelper.php
+++ b/source/FluidXml/FluidHelper.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public static function isAnXmlString($string): bool
                 return $string && $string[0] === '<';
         }
 
-        public static function exportNode(\DOMDocument $dom, \DOMNode $node, $html = false): array|bool|string|null
+        public static function exportNode(\DOMDocument $dom, \DOMNode $node, $html = false, int $options = 0): array|bool|string|null
         {
                 // $delegate = $html ? 'saveHTML' : 'saveXML';
                 // return $dom->$delegate($node);
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ public static function exportNode(\DOMDocument $dom, \DOMNode $node, $html = fal
                         return static::domnodeToHtml($node);
                 }
 
-                return $dom->saveXML($node);
+                return $dom->saveXML($node, $options);
         }
 
-        public static function domdocumentToStringWithoutHeaders(\DOMDocument $dom, $html = false): bool|array|string|null
+        public static function domdocumentToStringWithoutHeaders(\DOMDocument $dom, $html = false, int $options = 0): bool|array|string|null
         {
-                return static::exportNode($dom, $dom->documentElement, $html);
+                return static::exportNode($dom, $dom->documentElement, $html, $options);
         }
 
-        public static function domnodelistToString(\DOMNodeList $nodelist, $html = false): string
+        public static function domnodelistToString(\DOMNodeList $nodelist, $html = false, int $options = 0): string
         {
                 $nodes = [];
 
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ public static function domnodelistToString(\DOMNodeList $nodelist, $html = false
 
                 // Algorithm 1 is faster than Algorithm 2.
 
-                return static::domnodesToString($nodes, $html);
+                return static::domnodesToString($nodes, $html, $options);
         }
 
-        public static function domnodesToString(array $nodes, $html = false): string
+        public static function domnodesToString(array $nodes, $html = false, int $options = 0): string
         {
                 $dom = $nodes[0]->ownerDocument;
                 $xml = '';
 
                 foreach ($nodes as $n) {
-                        $xml .= static::exportNode($dom, $n, $html) . PHP_EOL;
+                        $xml .= static::exportNode($dom, $n, $html, $options) . PHP_EOL;
                 }
 
                 return \rtrim($xml);
diff --git a/source/FluidXml/FluidInterface.php b/source/FluidXml/FluidInterface.php
index 0bfc6e4..a39ce60 100644
--- a/source/FluidXml/FluidInterface.php
+++ b/source/FluidXml/FluidInterface.php
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ public function length();
         public function dom();
         public function array_();
         public function __toString();
-        public function xml($strip = false);
+        public function xml($strip = false, int $options = 0);
         public function html($strip = false);
-        public function save($file, $strip = false);
+        public function save($file, $strip = false, int $options = 0);
         public function query(...$query);
         public function __invoke(...$query);
         public function times($times, callable $fn = null);
diff --git a/source/FluidXml/FluidSaveTrait.php b/source/FluidXml/FluidSaveTrait.php
index c0af9d2..20e9be3 100644
--- a/source/FluidXml/FluidSaveTrait.php
+++ b/source/FluidXml/FluidSaveTrait.php
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ trait FluidSaveTrait
         /**
          * @throws \Exception
          */
-        public function save($file, $strip = false): static
+        public function save($file, $strip = false, int $options = 0): static
         {
-                $status = \file_put_contents($file, $this->xml($strip));
+                $status = \file_put_contents($file, $this->xml($strip, $options));
 
                 if (! $status) {
                         throw new \Exception("The file '$file' is not writable.");
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ public function save($file, $strip = false): static
                 return $this;
         }
 
-        abstract public function xml($strip = false);
+        abstract public function xml($strip = false, int $options = 0);
 }
diff --git a/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php b/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php
index 1f8b11d..8d71646 100644
--- a/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php
+++ b/source/FluidXml/FluidXml.php
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ public function __toString(): string
                 return (string) $this->xml();
         }
 
-        public function xml($strip = false)
+        public function xml($strip = false, int $options = 0)
         {
                 if ($strip) {
-                        return FluidHelper::domdocumentToStringWithoutHeaders($this->document->dom);
+                        return FluidHelper::domdocumentToStringWithoutHeaders($this->document->dom, false, $options);
                 }
 
-                return $this->document->dom->saveXML();
+                return $this->document->dom->saveXML(null, $options);
         }
 
         public function html($strip = false): string
diff --git a/specs/FluidXml.php b/specs/FluidXml.php
index 6cac1ef..6e10788 100644
--- a/specs/FluidXml.php
+++ b/specs/FluidXml.php
@@ -2247,6 +2247,32 @@ function addchild($parent, $i)
                                   . "<child>content2</child>";
                         \assert($actual === $expected, __($actual, $expected));
                 });
+
+                it('should render empty elements as explicit closing tags with LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG', function () {
+                        $xml = new FluidXml();
+                        $xml->addChild(['parent' => ['child1', 'child2']]);
+
+                        $actual   = $xml->xml(true, \LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG);
+                        $expected = "<doc>\n"
+                                  . "  <parent>\n"
+                                  . "    <child1></child1>\n"
+                                  . "    <child2></child2>\n"
+                                  . "  </parent>\n"
+                                  . "</doc>";
+                        \assert($actual === $expected, __($actual, $expected));
+                });
+
+                it('should pass LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG through when querying a context', function () {
+                        $xml = new FluidXml();
+                        $xml->addChild(['parent' => ['child1', 'child2']]);
+
+                        $actual   = $xml->query('//parent')->xml(false, \LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG);
+                        $expected = "<parent>\n"
+                                  . "  <child1></child1>\n"
+                                  . "  <child2></child2>\n"
+                                  . "</parent>";
+                        \assert($actual === $expected, __($actual, $expected));
+                });
         });
 
         describe('.__toString()', function () {