diff --git a/gomponents.go b/gomponents.go
index 7b73a3b..4ccdae8 100644
--- a/gomponents.go
+++ b/gomponents.go
@@ -92,6 +92,30 @@ func El(name string, children ...Node) Node {
 	})
 }
 
+// XMLEl behaves identically to El with the exception that checking for void
+// elements is disabled. This allows use of elements such as "link" which need
+// to have children in RSS feeds, for example.
+func XMLEl(name string, children ...Node) Node {
+	return NodeFunc(func(w2 io.Writer) error {
+		w := &statefulWriter{w: w2}
+
+		w.Write([]byte("<" + name))
+
+		for _, c := range children {
+			renderChild(w, c, AttributeType)
+		}
+
+		w.Write([]byte(">"))
+
+		for _, c := range children {
+			renderChild(w, c, ElementType)
+		}
+
+		w.Write([]byte("</" + name + ">"))
+		return w.err
+	})
+}
+
 // renderChild c to the given writer w if the node type is t.
 func renderChild(w *statefulWriter, c Node, t NodeType) {
 	if w.err != nil || c == nil {