diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/setup.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/setup.py
index 7738d4f..715d4b9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/setup.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/setup.py
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ def _test_audit_hook(name, args):
         support.SHORT_TIMEOUT = min(support.SHORT_TIMEOUT, ns.timeout)
         support.LONG_TIMEOUT = min(support.LONG_TIMEOUT, ns.timeout)
 
+    if ns.xmlpath:
+        from test.support.testresult import RegressionTestResult
+        RegressionTestResult.USE_XML = True
+
 
 def replace_stdout():
     """Set stdout encoder error handler to backslashreplace (as stderr error
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/testresult.py b/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
index 67e126d..6be3e52 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@
 import traceback
 import unittest
 
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
 from datetime import datetime
 
 class RegressionTestResult(unittest.TextTestResult):
     separator1 = '=' * 70 + '\n'
     separator2 = '-' * 70 + '\n'
+    USE_XML = False
 
     def __init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity):
         super().__init__(stream=stream, descriptions=descriptions, verbosity=0)
         self.buffer = True
-        self.__suite = ET.Element('testsuite')
-        self.__suite.set('start', datetime.utcnow().isoformat(' '))
-
-        self.__e = None
+        if self.USE_XML:
+            from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+            self.__ET = ET
+            self.__suite = ET.Element('testsuite')
+            self.__suite.set('start', datetime.utcnow().isoformat(' '))
+            self.__e = None
         self.__start_time = None
         self.__results = []
         self.__verbose = bool(verbosity)
@@ -42,17 +43,22 @@ def __getId(cls, test):
 
     def startTest(self, test):
         super().startTest(test)
-        self.__e = e = ET.SubElement(self.__suite, 'testcase')
+        if self.USE_XML:
+            self.__e = e = self.__ET.SubElement(self.__suite, 'testcase')
         self.__start_time = time.perf_counter()
         if self.__verbose:
             self.stream.write(f'{self.getDescription(test)} ... ')
             self.stream.flush()
 
     def _add_result(self, test, capture=False, **args):
+        if not self.USE_XML:
+            return
         e = self.__e
         self.__e = None
         if e is None:
             return
+        ET = self.__ET
+
         e.set('name', args.pop('name', self.__getId(test)))
         e.set('status', args.pop('status', 'run'))
         e.set('result', args.pop('result', 'completed'))
@@ -147,6 +153,8 @@ def printErrorList(self, flavor, errors):
             self.stream.write('%s\n' % err)
 
     def get_xml_element(self):
+        if not self.USE_XML:
+            raise ValueError("USE_XML is false")
         e = self.__suite
         e.set('tests', str(self.testsRun))
         e.set('errors', str(len(self.errors)))
@@ -174,6 +182,9 @@ def get_test_runner(stream, verbosity, capture_output=False):
     return get_test_runner_class(verbosity, capture_output)(stream)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+    RegressionTestResult.USE_XML = True
+
     class TestTests(unittest.TestCase):
         def test_pass(self):
             pass