diff --git a/config/xml/xml.go b/config/xml/xml.go
index 0c4e4d27..66115714 100644
--- a/config/xml/xml.go
+++ b/config/xml/xml.go
@@ -193,10 +193,14 @@ func (c *ConfigContainer) DefaultStrings(key string, defaultval []string) []stri
 
 // GetSection returns map for the given section
 func (c *ConfigContainer) GetSection(section string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	if v, ok := c.data[section]; ok {
-		return v.(map[string]string), nil
+	if v, ok := c.data[section].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		mapstr := make(map[string]string)
+		for k, val := range v {
+			mapstr[k] = config.ToString(val)
+		}
+		return mapstr, nil
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("not exist setction")
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("section '%s' not found", section)
 }
 
 // SaveConfigFile save the config into file
diff --git a/config/xml/xml_test.go b/config/xml/xml_test.go
index d8a09a59..346c866e 100644
--- a/config/xml/xml_test.go
+++ b/config/xml/xml_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ func TestXML(t *testing.T) {
 <copyrequestbody>true</copyrequestbody>
 <path1>${GOPATH}</path1>
 <path2>${GOPATH||/home/go}</path2>
+<mysection>
+<id>1</id>
+<name>MySection</name>
+</mysection>
 </config>
 `
 		keyValue = map[string]interface{}{
@@ -65,11 +69,22 @@ func TestXML(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	f.Close()
 	defer os.Remove("testxml.conf")
+
 	xmlconf, err := config.NewConfig("xml", "testxml.conf")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	var xmlsection map[string]string
+	xmlsection, err = xmlconf.GetSection("mysection")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(xmlsection) == 0 {
+		t.Error("section should not be empty")
+	}
+
 	for k, v := range keyValue {
 
 		var (