diff --git a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtMXSerializer.java b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtMXSerializer.java
index 2c55de34..3beed1f6 100644
--- a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtMXSerializer.java
+++ b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtMXSerializer.java
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 
 package brut.androlib.res.util;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import org.xmlpull.mxp1_serializer.MXSerializer;
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +31,16 @@ public class ExtMXSerializer extends MXSerializer implements ExtXmlSerializer {
         this.newLine();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void writeAttributeValue(String value, Writer out)
+            throws IOException {
+        if (mIsDisabledAttrEscape) {
+            out.write(value);
+            return;
+        }
+        super.writeAttributeValue(value, out);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setOutput(OutputStream os, String encoding) throws IOException {
         super.setOutput(os, encoding != null ? encoding : mDefaultEncoding);
@@ -60,5 +69,10 @@ public class ExtMXSerializer extends MXSerializer implements ExtXmlSerializer {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public void setDisabledAttrEscape(boolean disabled) {
+        mIsDisabledAttrEscape = disabled;
+    }
+
     private String mDefaultEncoding;
+    private boolean mIsDisabledAttrEscape = false;
 }
diff --git a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtXmlSerializer.java b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtXmlSerializer.java
index 859b08b9..3c8ffed6 100644
--- a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtXmlSerializer.java
+++ b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/util/ExtXmlSerializer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer;
 public interface ExtXmlSerializer extends XmlSerializer {
 
     public ExtXmlSerializer newLine() throws IOException;
+    public void setDisabledAttrEscape(boolean disabled);
 
     public static final String PROPERTY_SERIALIZER_INDENTATION =
             "http://xmlpull.org/v1/doc/properties.html#serializer-indentation";