diff --git a/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLDecoder.swift b/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLDecoder.swift
index ed90218b..f110ee64 100644
--- a/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLDecoder.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMLCoder/Decoder/XMLDecoder.swift
@@ -382,10 +382,5 @@ import protocol OpenCombine.TopLevelEncoder
 
 #if canImport(Combine) || canImport(OpenCombine)
 extension XMLDecoder: TopLevelDecoder {}
-
-extension XMLEncoder: TopLevelEncoder {
-    public func encode<T>(_ value: T) throws -> Data where T: Encodable {
-        try encode(value, withRootKey: nil, rootAttributes: nil, header: nil)
-    }
-}
+extension XMLEncoder: TopLevelEncoder {}
 #endif
diff --git a/Sources/XMLCoder/Encoder/XMLEncoder.swift b/Sources/XMLCoder/Encoder/XMLEncoder.swift
index db1ff7cc..09732c63 100644
--- a/Sources/XMLCoder/Encoder/XMLEncoder.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMLCoder/Encoder/XMLEncoder.swift
@@ -376,6 +376,14 @@ open class XMLEncoder {
         return element.toXMLString(with: header, formatting: outputFormatting)
             .data(using: .utf8, allowLossyConversion: true)!
     }
+
+    // MARK: - TopLevelEncoder
+
+    #if canImport(Combine) || canImport(OpenCombine)
+    open func encode<T>(_ value: T) throws -> Data where T: Encodable {
+        return try encode(value, withRootKey: nil, rootAttributes: nil, header: nil)
+    }
+    #endif
 }
 
 private extension String {
diff --git a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/CombineTests.swift b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/CombineTests.swift
index c3d4b747..e342f3fd 100644
--- a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/CombineTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/CombineTests.swift
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ private struct Foo: Codable {
     var name: String
 }
 
+final class CustomEncoder: XMLEncoder {
+    override func encode<T>(_ value: T) throws -> Data where T: Encodable {
+        return try encode(value, withRootKey: "bar", rootAttributes: nil, header: nil)
+    }
+}
+
 @available(iOS 13.0, macOS 10.15.0, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, *)
 final class CombineTests: XCTestCase {
     func testDecode() {
@@ -51,5 +57,21 @@ final class CombineTests: XCTestCase {
             )
         XCTAssertEqual(foo?.name, "Foo")
     }
+
+    func testCustomEncode() {
+        var foo: Data?
+        _ = Just(Foo(name: "Foo"))
+            .encode(encoder: CustomEncoder())
+            .sink(
+                receiveCompletion: { _ in },
+                receiveValue: {
+                    foo = $0
+                }
+            )
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            String(data: foo!, encoding: .utf8)!,
+            "<bar><name>Foo</name></bar>"
+        )
+    }
 }
 #endif