diff --git a/msrest/serialization.py b/msrest/serialization.py
index 522ce470fc..34f6e3487b 100644
--- a/msrest/serialization.py
+++ b/msrest/serialization.py
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ def _serialize(self, target_obj, data_type=None, **kwargs):
                                 xml_name = "{{{}}}{}".format(xml_ns, xml_name)
                             serialized.set(xml_name, new_attr)
                             continue
+                        if xml_desc.get("text", False):
+                            serialized.text = new_attr
+                            continue
                         if isinstance(new_attr, list):
                             serialized.extend(new_attr)
                         elif isinstance(new_attr, ET.Element):
@@ -1247,6 +1250,10 @@ def xml_key_extractor(attr, attr_desc, data):
     if xml_desc.get("attr", False):
         return data.get(xml_name)
 
+    # If it's x-ms-text, that's simple too
+    if xml_desc.get("text", False):
+        return data.text
+
     # Scenario where I take the local name:
     # - Wrapped node
     # - Internal type is an enum (considered basic types)
diff --git a/tests/test_xml_serialization.py b/tests/test_xml_serialization.py
index 96229f37a8..9a617f8bf5 100644
--- a/tests/test_xml_serialization.py
+++ b/tests/test_xml_serialization.py
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ class XmlModel(Model):
 
         assert result.language == u"français"
 
+    def test_basic_text(self):
+        """Test a XML with unicode."""
+        basic_xml = u"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+            <Data language="english">I am text</Data>"""
+
+        class XmlModel(Model):
+            _attribute_map = {
+                'language': {'key': 'language', 'type': 'str', 'xml':{'name': 'language', 'attr': True}},
+                'content': {'key': 'content', 'type': 'str', 'xml':{'text': True}},
+            }
+            _xml_map = {
+                'name': 'Data'
+            }
+
+        s = Deserializer({"XmlModel": XmlModel})
+        result = s(XmlModel, basic_xml, "application/xml")
+
+        assert result.language == "english"
+        assert result.content == "I am text"
+
     def test_add_prop(self):
         """Test addProp as a dict.
         """
@@ -753,6 +773,31 @@ class XmlModel(Model):
 
         assert_xml_equals(rawxml, basic_xml)
 
+    def test_basic_text(self):
+        """Test a XML with unicode."""
+        basic_xml = ET.fromstring("""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+            <Data language="english">I am text</Data>""")
+
+        class XmlModel(Model):
+            _attribute_map = {
+                'language': {'key': 'language', 'type': 'str', 'xml':{'name': 'language', 'attr': True}},
+                'content': {'key': 'content', 'type': 'str', 'xml':{'text': True}},
+            }
+            _xml_map = {
+                'name': 'Data'
+            }
+
+        mymodel = XmlModel(
+            language="english",
+            content="I am text"
+        )
+
+        s = Serializer({"XmlModel": XmlModel})
+        rawxml = s.body(mymodel, 'XmlModel')
+
+        assert_xml_equals(rawxml, basic_xml)
+
+
     def test_direct_array(self):
         """Test an ultra basic XML."""
         basic_xml = ET.fromstring("""<?xml version="1.0"?>