diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/FiltersTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/FiltersTest.cs
index 6923c888e8..fa3c8bdff4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/FiltersTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/FiltersTest.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
-            Assert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                 "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                 await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
         }
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
-            Assert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                 "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SampleInt>120</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                 await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcSampleTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcSampleTests.cs
index d65493b00f..5363b087c5 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcSampleTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/MvcSampleTests.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
                 // Assert
                 Assert.NotNull(response);
                 Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
-                Assert.Equal("<User xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns=" +
+                XmlAssert.Equal("<User xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns=" +
                 "\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MvcSample.Web.Models\"><About>I like playing Football" +
                 "</About><Address>My address</Address><Age>13</Age><Alive>true</Alive><Dependent><About i:nil=\"true\" />" +
                 "<Address>Dependents address</Address><Age>0</Age><Alive>false</Alive><Dependent i:nil=\"true\" />" +
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RespectBrowserAcceptHeaderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RespectBrowserAcceptHeaderTests.cs
index b2a81e6c86..ccfcee0155 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RespectBrowserAcceptHeaderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RespectBrowserAcceptHeaderTests.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             Assert.NotNull(response.Content.Headers.ContentType);
             Assert.Equal("application/xml; charset=utf-8", response.Content.Headers.ContentType.ToString());
             var responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedResponseData, responseData);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedResponseData, responseData);
         }
 
         [Theory]
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/SerializableErrorTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/SerializableErrorTests.cs
index a4cd4d740f..93bbd2b4e0 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/SerializableErrorTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/SerializableErrorTests.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             Assert.NotNull(response.Content.Headers.ContentType);
             Assert.Equal(acceptHeader, response.Content.Headers.ContentType.MediaType);
             var responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedXml, responseData);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedXml, responseData);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             Assert.NotNull(response.Content.Headers.ContentType);
             Assert.Equal(acceptHeader, response.Content.Headers.ContentType.MediaType);
             var responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedXml, responseData);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedXml, responseData);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, response.StatusCode);
             var responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal(expected, responseData);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expected, responseData);
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlDataContractSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlDataContractSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs
index a36aa61aee..a28f8337a3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlDataContractSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlDataContractSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfint xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfint xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                         " xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays\">" +
                         "<int>10</int><int>20</int></ArrayOfint>",
                          result);
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfstring xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfstring xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                         " xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays\">" +
                         "<string>value1</string><string>value2</string></ArrayOfstring>",
                          result);
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfstring xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfstring xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                         " xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays\" />",
                          result);
         }
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfstring i:nil=\"true\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfstring i:nil=\"true\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                         " xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays\" />",
                          result);
         }
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/XmlFormattersWebSite\"><PersonWrapper>" +
                 "<Age>35</Age><Id>10</Id><Name>Mike</Name></PersonWrapper><PersonWrapper><Age>35</Age><Id>" +
                 "11</Id><Name>Jimmy</Name></PersonWrapper></ArrayOfPersonWrapper>",
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/XmlFormattersWebSite\" />",
                 result);
         }
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper i:nil=\"true\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper i:nil=\"true\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/XmlFormattersWebSite\" />",
                 result);
         }
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfSerializableErrorWrapper xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfSerializableErrorWrapper xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml\"><SerializableErrorWrapper>" +
                 "<key1>key1-error</key1><key2>key2-error</key2></SerializableErrorWrapper><SerializableErrorWrapper>" +
                 "<key3>key1-error</key3><key4>key2-error</key4></SerializableErrorWrapper>" +
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs
index b1d7968343..73d46eb2aa 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/XmlSerializerFormattersWrappingTest.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfInt xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfInt xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                          "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><int>10</int>" +
                          "<int>20</int></ArrayOfInt>",
                          result);
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                          "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><string>value1</string>" +
                          "<string>value2</string></ArrayOfString>",
                          result);
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xsi:nil=\"true\" />",
                 result);
         }
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" />",
                 result);
         }
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                          "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><PersonWrapper><Id>10</Id>" +
                          "<Name>Mike</Name><Age>35</Age></PersonWrapper><PersonWrapper><Id>11</Id>" +
                          "<Name>Jimmy</Name><Age>35</Age></PersonWrapper></ArrayOfPersonWrapper>",
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" />",
                 result);
         }
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfPersonWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xsi:nil=\"true\" />",
                 result);
         }
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Assert.Equal("<ArrayOfSerializableErrorWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<ArrayOfSerializableErrorWrapper xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" +
                 " xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SerializableErrorWrapper><key1>key1-error</key1>" +
                 "<key2>key2-error</key2></SerializableErrorWrapper><SerializableErrorWrapper><key3>key1-error</key3>" +
                 "<key4>key2-error</key4></SerializableErrorWrapper></ArrayOfSerializableErrorWrapper>",
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/project.json b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/project.json
index b39ba2771f..dd286a5276 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/project.json
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
+    "code": [
+        "**/*.cs",
+        "../Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlAssert.cs"
+    ],
     "compilationOptions": {
         "warningsAsErrors": "true"
     },
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlAssert.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlAssert.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d22e336a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlAssert.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using Xunit.Sdk;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Xunit assertions related to Xml content.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class XmlAssert
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compares two xml strings ignoring an element's attribute order.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="expectedXml">Expected xml string.</param>
+        /// <param name="actualXml">Actual xml string.</param>
+        public static void Equal(string expectedXml, string actualXml)
+        {
+            var sortedExpectedXDoc = SortAttributes(XDocument.Parse(expectedXml));
+            var sortedActualXDoc = SortAttributes(XDocument.Parse(actualXml));
+
+            bool areEqual = XNode.DeepEquals(sortedExpectedXDoc, sortedActualXDoc);
+
+            if (!areEqual)
+            {
+                throw new EqualException(sortedExpectedXDoc, sortedActualXDoc);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static XDocument SortAttributes(XDocument doc)
+        {
+            return new XDocument(
+                    doc.Declaration,
+                    SortAttributes(doc.Root));
+        }
+
+        private static XElement SortAttributes(XElement element)
+        {
+            return new XElement(
+                    element.Name,
+                    element.Attributes().OrderBy(a => a.Name.ToString()),
+                    element.Elements().Select(child => SortAttributes(child)));
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlDataContractSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlDataContractSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs
index 31d97a6946..95915ac472 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlDataContractSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlDataContractSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput,
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput,
                 new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8)
                         .ReadToEnd());
             Assert.True(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.CanRead);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             Assert.NotNull(responseStream);
             responseStream.Position = 0;
             var actualOutput = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
                 "<SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                 new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8)
                         .ReadToEnd());
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<TestLevelTwo xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<TestLevelTwo xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
                             "<SampleString>TestString</SampleString>" +
                             "<TestOne><SampleInt>10</SampleInt><sampleString>TestLevelOne string</sampleString>" +
                             "</TestOne></TestLevelTwo>",
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
                 "<DummyClass xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
                 "<SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                 new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body,
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>" +
                             "<DummyClass xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
                             "<SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                         new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body,
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
             var outputString = new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body,
                 Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
                 "\r\n  <SampleInt>10</SampleInt>\r\n</DummyClass>",
                 outputString);
         }
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
             var actualOutput = new StreamReader(
                 outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
             var actualOutput = new StreamReader(
                 outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
             var actualOutput = new StreamReader(
                 outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
         }
 
         private OutputFormatterContext GetOutputFormatterContext(object outputValue, Type outputType,
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs
index 0a94a3b23c..4ba727cd2d 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml.Test/XmlSerializerOutputFormatterTest.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput,
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput,
                 new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8)
                         .ReadToEnd());
             Assert.True(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.CanRead);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             Assert.NotNull(responseStream);
             responseStream.Position = 0;
             var actualOutput = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
+            XmlAssert.Equal(expectedOutput, actualOutput);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                 "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                 new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8)
                         .ReadToEnd());
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<TestLevelTwo xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<TestLevelTwo xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                             "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SampleString>TestString</SampleString>" +
                             "<TestOne><sampleString>TestLevelOne string</sampleString>" +
                             "<SampleInt>10</SampleInt></TestOne></TestLevelTwo>",
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
                             "<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                             "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                         new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body, Encoding.UTF8)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             // Assert
             Assert.NotNull(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body);
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
-            Assert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>" +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>" +
                             "<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                             "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><SampleInt>10</SampleInt></DummyClass>",
                         new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body,
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
             outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body.Position = 0;
             var outputString = new StreamReader(outputFormatterContext.ActionContext.HttpContext.Response.Body,
                 Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
-            Assert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
+            XmlAssert.Equal("<DummyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" " +
                 "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">\r\n  <SampleInt>10</SampleInt>\r\n</DummyClass>",
                 outputString);
         }