diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
index d1122dc580c..df06d7c37a1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ static int xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathobj,
 					   PgXmlErrorContext *xmlerrcxt);
 #endif   /* USE_LIBXML */
 
+static void xmldata_root_element_start(StringInfo result, const char *eltname,
+						   const char *xmlschema, const char *targetns,
+						   bool top_level);
+static void xmldata_root_element_end(StringInfo result, const char *eltname);
 static StringInfo query_to_xml_internal(const char *query, char *tablename,
 					  const char *xmlschema, bool nulls, bool tableforest,
 					  const char *targetns, bool top_level);
@@ -2380,6 +2384,9 @@ cursor_to_xml(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	initStringInfo(&result);
 
+	if (!tableforest)
+		xmldata_root_element_start(&result, "table", NULL, targetns, true);
+
 	SPI_connect();
 	portal = SPI_cursor_find(name);
 	if (portal == NULL)
@@ -2394,6 +2401,9 @@ cursor_to_xml(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	SPI_finish();
 
+	if (!tableforest)
+		xmldata_root_element_end(&result, "table");
+
 	PG_RETURN_XML_P(stringinfo_to_xmltype(&result));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap.out
index cf46c9ffb58..b72761d7f89 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap.out
@@ -714,20 +714,58 @@ SELECT cursor_to_xml('xc'::refcursor, 5, false, true, '');
  
 (1 row)
 
-MOVE FIRST IN xc;
+SELECT cursor_to_xmlschema('xc'::refcursor, false, true, '');
+                                     cursor_to_xmlschema                                      
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <xsd:schema                                                                                 +
+     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">                                           +
+                                                                                             +
+ <xsd:simpleType name="INTEGER">                                                             +
+   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:int">                                                          +
+     <xsd:maxInclusive value="2147483647"/>                                                  +
+     <xsd:minInclusive value="-2147483648"/>                                                 +
+   </xsd:restriction>                                                                        +
+ </xsd:simpleType>                                                                           +
+                                                                                             +
+ <xsd:simpleType name="UDT.regression.pg_catalog.text">                                      +
+   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">                                                       +
+   </xsd:restriction>                                                                        +
+ </xsd:simpleType>                                                                           +
+                                                                                             +
+ <xsd:complexType name="RowType">                                                            +
+   <xsd:sequence>                                                                            +
+     <xsd:element name="a" type="INTEGER" minOccurs="0"></xsd:element>                       +
+     <xsd:element name="b" type="UDT.regression.pg_catalog.text" minOccurs="0"></xsd:element>+
+   </xsd:sequence>                                                                           +
+ </xsd:complexType>                                                                          +
+                                                                                             +
+ <xsd:element name="row" type="RowType"/>                                                    +
+                                                                                             +
+ </xsd:schema>
+(1 row)
+
+MOVE BACKWARD ALL IN xc;
 SELECT cursor_to_xml('xc'::refcursor, 5, true, false, '');
- cursor_to_xml 
----------------
- <row>        +
-   <a>1</a>   +
-   <b>one</b> +
- </row>       +
-              +
- <row>        +
-   <a>2</a>   +
-   <b>two</b> +
- </row>       +
-              +
+                         cursor_to_xml                         
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+ <table xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">+
+                                                              +
+ <row>                                                        +
+   <a>-1</a>                                                  +
+   <b xsi:nil="true"/>                                        +
+ </row>                                                       +
+                                                              +
+ <row>                                                        +
+   <a>1</a>                                                   +
+   <b>one</b>                                                 +
+ </row>                                                       +
+                                                              +
+ <row>                                                        +
+   <a>2</a>                                                   +
+   <b>two</b>                                                 +
+ </row>                                                       +
+                                                              +
+ </table>                                                     +
  
 (1 row)
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap_1.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap_1.out
index 932122f6be0..e0dd23439e3 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap_1.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xmlmap_1.out
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ SELECT cursor_to_xml('xc'::refcursor, 5, false, true, '');
 ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
-MOVE FIRST IN xc;
+SELECT cursor_to_xmlschema('xc'::refcursor, false, true, '');
+ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
+DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
+HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
+MOVE BACKWARD ALL IN xc;
 SELECT cursor_to_xml('xc'::refcursor, 5, true, false, '');
 ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/xmlmap.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/xmlmap.sql
index df1f98046d3..d2203039ced 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/xmlmap.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/xmlmap.sql
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ SELECT query_to_xml_and_xmlschema('SELECT * FROM testxmlschema.test1', true, tru
 
 DECLARE xc CURSOR WITH HOLD FOR SELECT * FROM testxmlschema.test1 ORDER BY 1, 2;
 SELECT cursor_to_xml('xc'::refcursor, 5, false, true, '');
-MOVE FIRST IN xc;
+SELECT cursor_to_xmlschema('xc'::refcursor, false, true, '');
+MOVE BACKWARD ALL IN xc;
 SELECT cursor_to_xml('xc'::refcursor, 5, true, false, '');
 SELECT cursor_to_xmlschema('xc'::refcursor, true, false, '');