Index: include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h
===================================================================
--- include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h
+++ include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@
 
   static const char *StateAsCString(lldb::StateType state);
 
+  static SBStructuredData GetBuildConfiguration();
+
   static bool StateIsRunningState(lldb::StateType state);
 
   static bool StateIsStoppedState(lldb::StateType state);
Index: packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py
===================================================================
--- packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py
+++ packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py
@@ -763,3 +763,9 @@
             return "Compiler cannot compile with -fsanitize=address"
         return None
     return skipTestIfFn(is_compiler_with_address_sanitizer)(func)
+
+def skipIfXmlSupportMissing(func):
+    config = lldb.SBDebugger.GetBuildConfiguration()
+    fail_value = True # More likely to notice if something goes wrong
+    have_xml = config.GetValueForKey("xml").GetBooleanValue(fail_value)
+    return unittest2.skipIf(not have_xml, "requires xml support")(func)
Index: packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestTargetXMLArch.py
===================================================================
--- packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestTargetXMLArch.py
+++ packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestTargetXMLArch.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class TestTargetXMLArch(GDBRemoteTestBase):
 
-    @skipIf(hostoslist=no_match(lldbplatformutil.getDarwinOSTriples()))
+    @skipIfXmlSupportMissing
     @expectedFailureAll(archs=["i386"])
     def test(self):
         """
Index: scripts/interface/SBDebugger.i
===================================================================
--- scripts/interface/SBDebugger.i
+++ scripts/interface/SBDebugger.i
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@
     static const char *
     StateAsCString (lldb::StateType state);
 
+    static SBStructuredData GetBuildConfiguration();
+
     static bool
     StateIsRunningState (lldb::StateType state);
 
Index: source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
+++ source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Core/StreamFile.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/StructuredDataImpl.h"
 #include "lldb/DataFormatters/DataVisualization.h"
+#include "lldb/Host/XML.h"
 #include "lldb/Initialization/SystemLifetimeManager.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/Args.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.h"
@@ -491,6 +492,15 @@
   return lldb_private::StateAsCString(state);
 }
 
+SBStructuredData SBDebugger::GetBuildConfiguration() {
+  auto config_up = llvm::make_unique<StructuredData::Dictionary>();
+  config_up->AddBooleanItem("xml", XMLDocument::XMLEnabled());
+
+  SBStructuredData data;
+  data.m_impl_up->SetObjectSP(std::move(config_up));
+  return data;
+}
+
 bool SBDebugger::StateIsRunningState(StateType state) {
   Log *log(GetLogIfAllCategoriesSet(LIBLLDB_LOG_API));