diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
index a58602f0d58..2c635a686b7 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ protected function _asXml($shellList) {
 			$shell->addAttribute('provider', $source);
 			$shell->addAttribute('help', $callable . ' -h');
 		}
+		$this->stdout->outputAs(ConsoleOutput::RAW);
 		$this->out($shells->saveXml());
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/CommandListShellTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/CommandListShellTest.php
index c3bc24305c2..8a27b13aea5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/CommandListShellTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/CommandListShellTest.php
@@ -122,16 +122,16 @@ public function testSortPlugin() {
 
 		$output = $this->Shell->stdout->output;
 
-		$expected = "/\[.*App.*\]\n[ ]+sample/";
+		$expected = "/\[.*App.*\]\\v*[ ]+sample/";
 		$this->assertPattern($expected, $output);
 
-		$expected = "/\[.*TestPluginTwo.*\]\n[ ]+example, welcome/";
+		$expected = "/\[.*TestPluginTwo.*\]\\v*[ ]+example, welcome/";
 		$this->assertPattern($expected, $output);
 
-		$expected = "/\[.*TestPlugin.*\]\n[ ]+example/";
+		$expected = "/\[.*TestPlugin.*\]\\v*[ ]+example/";
 		$this->assertPattern($expected, $output);
 
-		$expected = "/\[.*Core.*\]\n[ ]+acl, api, bake, command_list, console, i18n, schema, testsuite/";
+		$expected = "/\[.*Core.*\]\\v*[ ]+acl, api, bake, command_list, console, i18n, schema, testsuite/";
 		$this->assertPattern($expected, $output);
 	}
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public function testMainXml() {
 
 		$output = $this->Shell->stdout->output;
 
-		$find = '<shell name="sample" call_as="sample" provider="app" help="sample -h"/>';
+		$find = '<shell name="sample" call_as="sample" provider="app" help="sample -h"/>';	
 		$this->assertContains($find, $output);
 
 		$find = '<shell name="bake" call_as="bake" provider="CORE" help="bake -h"/>';