diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98b4a53..01fd23e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .idea
+.vscode
 *.cache
 composer.lock
 coverage.clover
diff --git a/src/Support/ArrayToXml.php b/src/Support/ArrayToXml.php
index 4dd7b87..3b5b8c6 100644
--- a/src/Support/ArrayToXml.php
+++ b/src/Support/ArrayToXml.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class ArrayToXml
      * @param string $elementCase
      * @param string $xmlVersion
      * @param string $xmlEncoding
+     * @param bool $xmlStandalone
      *
      * @throws \DOMException
      */
@@ -41,10 +42,15 @@ public function __construct(
         $rootElement = 'root',
         $elementCase = 'snake',
         $xmlVersion = '1.0',
-        $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8'
+        $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8',
+        $xmlStandalone = false
     ) {
         $this->domDocument = new DOMDocument($xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding);
 
+        if ($xmlStandalone) {
+            $this->domDocument->xmlStandalone = true;
+        }
+
         $this->elementCase = $elementCase;
 
         if ($this->isArrayAllKeySequential($content) && ! empty($content)) {
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ public function __construct(
      * @param string $elementCase
      * @param string $xmlVersion
      * @param string $xmlEncoding
+     * @param bool $xmlStandalone
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -74,9 +81,10 @@ public static function convert(
         $rootElementName = 'root',
         $elementCase = 'snake',
         $xmlVersion = '1.0',
-        $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8'
+        $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8',
+        $xmlStandalone = false
     ) {
-        $converter = new static($arr, $rootElementName, $elementCase, $xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding);
+        $converter = new static($arr, $rootElementName, $elementCase, $xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding, $xmlStandalone);
 
         return $converter->toXml();
     }
diff --git a/src/Support/Facades/LaravelXml.php b/src/Support/Facades/LaravelXml.php
index d4f94a5..45ae4f3 100644
--- a/src/Support/Facades/LaravelXml.php
+++ b/src/Support/Facades/LaravelXml.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public function __construct()
      * @param string $elementCase
      * @param string $xmlVersion
      * @param string $xmlEncoding
+     * @param bool $xmlStandalone
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@ public function encode(
         $rootElementName = 'document',
         $elementCase = 'snake',
         $xmlVersion = '1.0',
-        $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8'
+        $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8',
+        $xmlStandalone = false
     ) {
-        return ArrayToXml::convert($arr, $rootElementName, $elementCase, $xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding);
+        return ArrayToXml::convert($arr, $rootElementName, $elementCase, $xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding, $xmlStandalone);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Support/helpers.php b/src/Support/helpers.php
index 2c583d2..3f49682 100644
--- a/src/Support/helpers.php
+++ b/src/Support/helpers.php
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
      * @param string $elementCase
      * @param string $xmlVersion
      * @param string $xmlEncoding
+     * @param bool $xmlStandalone
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    function xml_encode(array $array, $rootElementName = 'document', $elementCase = 'slug', $xmlVersion = '1.0', $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8')
+    function xml_encode(array $array, $rootElementName = 'document', $elementCase = 'slug', $xmlVersion = '1.0', $xmlEncoding = 'UTF-8', $xmlStandalone = false)
     {
-        return ArrayToXml::convert($array, $rootElementName, $elementCase, $xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding);
+        return ArrayToXml::convert($array, $rootElementName, $elementCase, $xmlVersion, $xmlEncoding, $xmlStandalone);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ExampleTest.php b/tests/ExampleTest.php
index 2801427..45a14b2 100644
--- a/tests/ExampleTest.php
+++ b/tests/ExampleTest.php
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ public function testEncodeArrayToXml()
         static::assertSame($xmlElement->asXML(), $xmlStr);
     }
 
+    public function testEncodeArrayToXmlStandalone()
+    {
+        $xmlElement = new XmlElement('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><root><alias>jdoe</alias></root>');
+
+        $xmlStr = LaravelXml::encode(['alias' => 'jdoe'], 'root', 'snake', '1.0', 'UTF-8', true);
+
+        static::assertSame($xmlElement->asXML(), $xmlStr);
+    }
+
     public function testDecodeArrayFromXml()
     {
         $arr = LaravelXml::decode('<document><alias>jdoe</alias></document>');