diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Lib.php b/lib/Doctrine/Lib.php
index ccad93e8f..daa0458a5 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Lib.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Lib.php
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ class Doctrine_Lib
     public static function getCollectionAsXml(Doctrine_Collection $collection, SimpleXMLElement $incomming_xml = null){
 
         $collectionName = Doctrine_Lib::plurelize($collection->getTable()->tableName);
+				if($collection->count != 0){
+					$record = $collection[0];
+        	$xml_options = $record->option("xml");
+					if(isset($xml_options["collection_name"])){
+						$collectionName = $xml_options["collection_name"];
+					}
+				}
 
         if ( ! isset($incomming_xml)) {
 						$new_xml_string = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?><" . $collectionName . "></" . $collectionName . ">";
@@ -131,6 +138,9 @@ class Doctrine_Lib
 					$xml->addChild($pk_field,$pk_value); 
 				}
         $xml_options = $record->option("xml");
+				if(isset($xml_options["record_name"])){
+					$recordname = $xml_options["record_name"];
+				}
         foreach ($record->getData() as $field => $value) {
             if ((isset($xml_options["ignore_fields"]) && !in_array($field, $xml_options["ignore_fields"])) || !isset($xml_options["ignore_fields"])) {
                 if ($value instanceOf Doctrine_Null) {