diff --git a/marshal.go b/marshal.go
index edf03e3..6c3c36a 100644
--- a/marshal.go
+++ b/marshal.go
@@ -140,6 +140,21 @@ func MarshalIndent(v any, prefix, indent string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return b.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
+// MarshalSelfClosing works like [Marshal], but any empty xml tags are
+// rendered as self-closing tags.
+func MarshalSelfClosing(v any) ([]byte, error) {
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	enc := NewEncoder(&b)
+	enc.SelfClosing(true)
+	if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := enc.Close(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return b.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
 // An Encoder writes XML data to an output stream.
 type Encoder struct {
 	p printer
@@ -160,6 +175,12 @@ func (enc *Encoder) Indent(prefix, indent string) {
 	enc.p.indent = indent
 }
 
+// SelfClosing sets the encoder to generate XML in which each element
+// with no content will be rendered as self-closing.
+func (enc *Encoder) SelfClosing(selfclosing bool) {
+	enc.p.selfclosing = selfclosing
+}
+
 // Encode writes the XML encoding of v to the stream.
 //
 // See the documentation for [Marshal] for details about the conversion
@@ -351,17 +372,19 @@ func joinPrefixed(prefix, name string) string {
 }
 
 type printer struct {
-	w          *bufio.Writer
-	encoder    *Encoder
-	seq        int
-	indent     string
-	prefix     string
-	depth      int
-	indentedIn bool
-	putNewline bool
-	elements   []element
-	closed     bool
-	err        error
+	w           *bufio.Writer
+	encoder     *Encoder
+	seq         int
+	indent      string
+	prefix      string
+	depth       int
+	indentedIn  bool
+	putNewline  bool
+	elements    []element
+	closed      bool
+	err         error
+	selfclose   *StartElement
+	selfclosing bool
 }
 
 // getPrefix finds the prefix to use for the given namespace URI, but does not create it.
@@ -858,7 +881,11 @@ func (p *printer) writeStart(start *StartElement) error {
 		p.EscapeString(attr.Value)
 		p.WriteByte('"')
 	}
-	p.WriteByte('>')
+	if p.selfclosing {
+		p.selfclose = start
+	} else {
+		p.WriteByte('>')
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -883,6 +910,21 @@ func (p *printer) writeEnd(name Name) error {
 	if name.Space != e.xmlns {
 		return fmt.Errorf("xml: end namespace %q does not match start namespace %q", name.Space, e.xmlns)
 	}
+
+	if p.selfclose != nil && p.selfclose.Name == name {
+		p.selfclose = nil
+
+		p.WriteByte('/')
+		p.WriteByte('>')
+
+		// Pop elements stack
+		p.elements = p.elements[:len(p.elements)-1]
+
+		p.writeIndentDecrement()
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	p.writeIndent(-1)
 	p.WriteByte('<')
 	p.WriteByte('/')
@@ -1109,6 +1151,11 @@ func (p *printer) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		p.err = errors.New("use of closed Encoder")
 	}
 	if p.err == nil {
+		if p.selfclose != nil && len(b) > 0 {
+			p.selfclose = nil
+			p.w.WriteByte('>')
+		}
+
 		n, p.err = p.w.Write(b)
 	}
 	return n, p.err
@@ -1120,6 +1167,11 @@ func (p *printer) WriteString(s string) (n int, err error) {
 		p.err = errors.New("use of closed Encoder")
 	}
 	if p.err == nil {
+		if p.selfclose != nil && len(s) > 0 {
+			p.selfclose = nil
+			p.w.WriteByte('>')
+		}
+
 		n, p.err = p.w.WriteString(s)
 	}
 	return n, p.err
@@ -1131,6 +1183,11 @@ func (p *printer) WriteByte(c byte) error {
 		p.err = errors.New("use of closed Encoder")
 	}
 	if p.err == nil {
+		if p.selfclose != nil {
+			p.selfclose = nil
+			p.w.WriteByte('>')
+		}
+
 		p.err = p.w.WriteByte(c)
 	}
 	return p.err
@@ -1159,17 +1216,30 @@ func (p *printer) cachedWriteError() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (p *printer) writeIndentDecrement() bool {
+	p.depth--
+	if p.indentedIn {
+		p.indentedIn = false
+		return true
+	}
+	p.indentedIn = false
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (p *printer) writeIndentIncrement() {
+	p.depth++
+	p.indentedIn = true
+}
+
 func (p *printer) writeIndent(depthDelta int) {
 	if len(p.prefix) == 0 && len(p.indent) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 	if depthDelta < 0 {
-		p.depth--
-		if p.indentedIn {
-			p.indentedIn = false
+		if p.writeIndentDecrement() {
 			return
 		}
-		p.indentedIn = false
 	}
 	if p.putNewline {
 		p.WriteByte('\n')
@@ -1185,8 +1255,7 @@ func (p *printer) writeIndent(depthDelta int) {
 		}
 	}
 	if depthDelta > 0 {
-		p.depth++
-		p.indentedIn = true
+		p.writeIndentIncrement()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/marshal_test.go b/marshal_test.go
index 28dfa1c..e0a4393 100644
--- a/marshal_test.go
+++ b/marshal_test.go
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ var marshalTests = []struct {
 	MarshalError   string
 	UnmarshalOnly  bool
 	UnmarshalError string
+	Selfclosing    bool
 }{
 	// Test nil marshals to nothing
 	{Value: nil, ExpectXML: ``, MarshalOnly: true},
@@ -750,6 +751,25 @@ var marshalTests = []struct {
 			`</result>`,
 		MarshalOnly: true,
 	},
+	{
+		Value: &NestedItems{Items: []string{"abc", ""}, Item1: []string{}},
+		ExpectXML: `<result>` +
+			`<Items>` +
+			`<item>abc</item>` +
+			`<item/>` +
+			`</Items>` +
+			`</result>`,
+		MarshalOnly: true,
+		Selfclosing: true,
+	},
+	{
+		Value: &NestedItems{Items: []string{}, Item1: []string{}},
+		ExpectXML: `<result>` +
+			`<Items/>` +
+			`</result>`,
+		MarshalOnly: true,
+		Selfclosing: true,
+	},
 	{
 		Value: &NestedItems{Items: nil, Item1: []string{"A"}},
 		ExpectXML: `<result>` +
@@ -1284,6 +1304,16 @@ var marshalTests = []struct {
 		ExpectXML: `<Strings><A></A></Strings>`,
 		Value:     &Strings{},
 	},
+	{
+		ExpectXML:   `<Strings><A/></Strings>`,
+		Value:       &Strings{},
+		Selfclosing: true,
+	},
+	{
+		ExpectXML:   `<Strings><A><B>abc</B></A></Strings>`,
+		Value:       &Strings{X: []string{"abc"}},
+		Selfclosing: true,
+	},
 	// Custom marshalers.
 	{
 		ExpectXML: `<MyMarshalerTest>hello world</MyMarshalerTest>`,
@@ -1759,7 +1789,17 @@ func TestMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", idx), func(t *testing.T) {
-			data, err := Marshal(test.Value)
+			var (
+				data []byte
+				err  error
+			)
+
+			if test.Selfclosing {
+				data, err = MarshalSelfClosing(test.Value)
+			} else {
+				data, err = Marshal(test.Value)
+			}
+
 			if err != nil {
 				if test.MarshalError == "" {
 					t.Errorf("marshal(%#v): %s", test.Value, err)