diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d64345e..3542e3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,3 +190,63 @@ The example above shows an example of how you can use all three at the same time
 
 Notice that we have the attribute "lang" defined twice.
 The `@lang` value takes precedence over the `:attribute![:subtitle]["lang"]` value.
+
+## Pretty Print
+
+You can prettify the output XML to make it more readable. Use these options:
+* `pretty_print` – controls pretty mode (default: `false`)
+* `indent` – specifies indentation in spaces (default: `2`)
+* `compact` – controls compact mode (default: `true`)
+
+**This feature is not available for XML documents generated from arrays with unwrap option set to false as such documents are not valid**
+
+**Examples**
+
+``` ruby
+puts Gyoku.xml({user: { name: 'John', job: { title: 'Programmer' }, :@status => 'active' }}, pretty_print: true)
+#<user status='active'>
+#  <name>John</name>
+#  <job>
+#    <title>Programmer</title>
+#  </job>
+#</user>
+```
+
+``` ruby
+puts Gyoku.xml({user: { name: 'John', job: { title: 'Programmer' }, :@status => 'active' }}, pretty_print: true, indent: 4)
+#<user status='active'>
+#    <name>John</name>
+#    <job>
+#        <title>Programmer</title>
+#    </job>
+#</user>
+```
+
+``` ruby
+puts Gyoku.xml({user: { name: 'John', job: { title: 'Programmer' }, :@status => 'active' }}, pretty_print: true, compact: false)
+#<user status='active'>
+#  <name>
+#    John
+#  </name>
+#  <job>
+#    <title>
+#      Programmer
+#    </title>
+#  </job>
+#</user>
+```
+
+**Generate XML from an array with `unwrap` option set to `true`**
+``` ruby
+puts Gyoku::Array.to_xml(["john", "jane"], "user", true, {}, pretty_print: true, unwrap: true)
+#<user>
+#  <user>john</user>
+#  <user>jane</user>
+#</user>
+```
+
+**Generate XML from an array with `unwrap` option unset (`false` by default)**
+``` ruby
+puts Gyoku::Array.to_xml(["john", "jane"], "user", true, {}, pretty_print: true)
+#<user>john</user><user>jane</user>
+```
diff --git a/lib/gyoku/array.rb b/lib/gyoku/array.rb
index 46dd739..045d397 100644
--- a/lib/gyoku/array.rb
+++ b/lib/gyoku/array.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "builder"
 
+require "gyoku/prettifier.rb"
 require "gyoku/hash"
 require "gyoku/xml_value"
 
@@ -8,9 +9,22 @@ class Array
 
     NESTED_ELEMENT_NAME = "element"
 
+    # Builds XML and prettifies it if +pretty_print+ option is set to +true+
+    def self.to_xml(array, key, escape_xml = true, attributes = {}, options = {})
+      xml = build_xml(array, key, escape_xml, attributes, options)
+
+      if options[:pretty_print] && options[:unwrap]
+        Prettifier.prettify(xml, options)
+      else
+        xml
+      end
+    end
+
+  private
+
     # Translates a given +array+ to XML. Accepts the XML +key+ to add the elements to,
     # whether to +escape_xml+ and an optional Hash of +attributes+.
-    def self.to_xml(array, key, escape_xml = true, attributes = {}, options = {})
+    def self.build_xml(array, key, escape_xml = true, attributes = {}, options = {})
 
       self_closing = options.delete(:self_closing)
       unwrap = options[:unwrap] || false 
@@ -24,10 +38,10 @@ def self.to_xml(array, key, escape_xml = true, attributes = {}, options = {})
               if unwrap
                 xml << Hash.to_xml(item, options)
               else
-                xml.tag!(key, attrs) { xml << Hash.to_xml(item, options) }
+                xml.tag!(key, attrs) { xml << Hash.build_xml(item, options) }
               end
             when ::Array      then 
-              xml.tag!(key, attrs) { xml << Array.to_xml(item, NESTED_ELEMENT_NAME) }
+              xml.tag!(key, attrs) { xml << Array.build_xml(item, NESTED_ELEMENT_NAME) }
             when NilClass     then 
               xml.tag!(key, "xsi:nil" => "true")
             else              
@@ -37,8 +51,6 @@ def self.to_xml(array, key, escape_xml = true, attributes = {}, options = {})
       end
     end
 
-  private
-
     # Iterates over a given +array+ with a Hash of +attributes+ and yields a builder +xml+
     # instance, the current +item+, any XML +attributes+ and the current +index+.
     def self.iterate_with_xml(array, key, attributes, options, &block)
diff --git a/lib/gyoku/hash.rb b/lib/gyoku/hash.rb
index 9d7915e..ddd77f1 100644
--- a/lib/gyoku/hash.rb
+++ b/lib/gyoku/hash.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "builder"
 
+require "gyoku/prettifier.rb"
 require "gyoku/array"
 require "gyoku/xml_key"
 require "gyoku/xml_value"
@@ -7,8 +8,21 @@
 module Gyoku
   class Hash
 
-    # Translates a given +hash+ with +options+ to XML.
+    # Builds XML and prettifies it if +pretty_print+ option is set to +true+
     def self.to_xml(hash, options = {})
+      xml = build_xml(hash, options)
+
+      if options[:pretty_print]
+        Prettifier.prettify(xml, options)
+      else
+        xml
+      end
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    # Translates a given +hash+ with +options+ to XML.
+    def self.build_xml(hash, options = {})
       iterate_with_xml hash do |xml, key, value, attributes|
         self_closing = key.to_s[-1, 1] == "/"
         escape_xml = key.to_s[-1, 1] != "!"
@@ -16,8 +30,8 @@ def self.to_xml(hash, options = {})
 
         case
           when :content! === key  then xml << XMLValue.create(value, escape_xml, options)
-          when ::Array === value  then xml << Array.to_xml(value, xml_key, escape_xml, attributes, options.merge(:self_closing => self_closing))
-          when ::Hash === value   then xml.tag!(xml_key, attributes) { xml << Hash.to_xml(value, options) }
+          when ::Array === value  then xml << Array.build_xml(value, xml_key, escape_xml, attributes, options.merge(:self_closing => self_closing))
+          when ::Hash === value   then xml.tag!(xml_key, attributes) { xml << build_xml(value, options) }
           when self_closing       then xml.tag!(xml_key, attributes)
           when NilClass === value then xml.tag!(xml_key, "xsi:nil" => "true")
           else                         xml.tag!(xml_key, attributes) { xml << XMLValue.create(value, escape_xml, options) }
@@ -25,8 +39,6 @@ def self.to_xml(hash, options = {})
       end
     end
 
-  private
-
     # Iterates over a given +hash+ and yields a builder +xml+ instance, the current
     # Hash +key+ and any XML +attributes+.
     #
diff --git a/lib/gyoku/prettifier.rb b/lib/gyoku/prettifier.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ca337d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gyoku/prettifier.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require 'rexml/document'
+
+module Gyoku
+  class Prettifier
+    DEFAULT_INDENT = 2
+    DEFAULT_COMPACT = true
+
+    attr_accessor :indent, :compact
+
+    def self.prettify(xml, options = {})
+      new(options).prettify(xml)
+    end
+
+    def initialize(options = {})
+      @indent = options[:indent] || DEFAULT_INDENT
+      @compact = options[:compact].nil? ? DEFAULT_COMPACT : options[:compact]
+    end
+
+    # Adds intendations and newlines to +xml+ to make it more readable
+    def prettify(xml)
+      result = ''
+      formatter = REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new indent
+      formatter.compact = compact
+      doc = REXML::Document.new xml
+      formatter.write doc, result
+      result
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/gyoku/array_spec.rb b/spec/gyoku/array_spec.rb
index 5667274..4caff92 100644
--- a/spec/gyoku/array_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/gyoku/array_spec.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,44 @@
 
       expect(to_xml(array, "value")).to eq(result)
     end
+
+    context "when :pretty_print option is set to true" do
+      context "when :unwrap option is set to true" do
+        it "returns prettified xml" do
+          array = ["one", "two", {"three" => "four"}]
+          options = { pretty_print: true, unwrap: true }
+          result = "<test>\n  <test>one</test>\n  <test>two</test>\n  <three>four</three>\n</test>"
+          expect(to_xml(array, "test", true, {}, options)).to eq(result)
+        end
+
+        context "when :indent option is specified" do
+          it "returns prettified xml with specified indent" do
+            array = ["one", "two", {"three" => "four"}]
+            options = { pretty_print: true, indent: 3, unwrap: true }
+            result = "<test>\n   <test>one</test>\n   <test>two</test>\n   <three>four</three>\n</test>"
+            expect(to_xml(array, "test", true, {}, options)).to eq(result)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when :compact option is specified" do
+          it "returns prettified xml with specified compact mode" do
+            array = ["one", {"two" => "three"}]
+            options = { pretty_print: true, compact: false, unwrap: true }
+            result = "<test>\n  <test>\n    one\n  </test>\n  <two>\n     three \n  </two>\n</test>"
+            expect(to_xml(array, "test", true, {}, options)).to eq(result)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when :unwrap option is not set" do
+        it "returns non-prettified xml" do
+          array = ["one", "two", {"three" => "four"}]
+          options = { pretty_print: true }
+          result = "<test>one</test><test>two</test><test><three>four</three></test>"
+          expect(to_xml(array, "test", true, {}, options)).to eq(result)
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def to_xml(*args)
diff --git a/spec/gyoku/hash_spec.rb b/spec/gyoku/hash_spec.rb
index 91fa958..3a877f5 100644
--- a/spec/gyoku/hash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/gyoku/hash_spec.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,33 @@
         expect(to_xml(:some => [{ :new => "user" }, { :old => "gorilla" }])).
           to eq("<some><new>user</new></some><some><old>gorilla</old></some>")
       end
+
+      context "when :pretty_print option is set to true" do
+        it "returns prettified xml" do
+          hash = { some: { user: { name: "John", groups: ["admin", "editor"] } } }
+          options = { pretty_print: true }
+          result = "<some>\n  <user>\n    <name>John</name>\n    <groups>admin</groups>\n    <groups>editor</groups>\n  </user>\n</some>"
+          expect(to_xml(hash, options)).to eq(result)
+        end
+
+        context "when :indent option is specified" do
+          it "returns prettified xml with specified indent" do
+            hash = { some: { user: { name: "John" } } }
+            options = { pretty_print: true, indent: 4 }
+            result = "<some>\n    <user>\n        <name>John</name>\n    </user>\n</some>"
+            expect(to_xml(hash, options)).to eq(result)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when :compact option is specified" do
+          it "returns prettified xml with specified compact mode" do
+            hash = { some: { user: { name: "John" } } }
+            options = { pretty_print: true, compact: false }
+            result = "<some>\n  <user>\n    <name>\n      John\n    </name>\n  </user>\n</some>"
+            expect(to_xml(hash, options)).to eq(result)
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     it "converts Hash key Symbols to lowerCamelCase" do
diff --git a/spec/gyoku/prettifier_spec.rb b/spec/gyoku/prettifier_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..467035e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/gyoku/prettifier_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Gyoku::Prettifier do
+  describe "#prettify" do
+    context "when xml is valid" do
+      let!(:xml) { Gyoku::Hash.build_xml(test: { pretty: "xml" }) }
+
+      it "returns prettified xml" do
+        expect(subject.prettify(xml)).to eql("<test>\n  <pretty>xml</pretty>\n</test>")
+      end
+
+      context "when indent option is specified" do
+        it "returns prettified xml with indent" do
+          options = { indent: 3 }
+          subject = Gyoku::Prettifier.new(options)
+          expect(subject.prettify(xml)).to eql("<test>\n   <pretty>xml</pretty>\n</test>")
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when compact option is specified" do
+        it "returns prettified xml with indent" do
+          options = { compact: false }
+          subject = Gyoku::Prettifier.new(options)
+          expect(subject.prettify(xml)).to eql("<test>\n  <pretty>\n    xml\n  </pretty>\n</test>")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when xml is not valid" do
+      let!(:xml) do
+        Gyoku::Array.build_xml(["one", "two"], "test")
+      end
+
+      it "raises an error" do
+        expect{ subject.prettify(xml) }.to raise_error REXML::ParseException
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end