diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/to_xml_disable_xml_declaration.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/to_xml_disable_xml_declaration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..711b2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/to_xml_disable_xml_declaration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - >-
+    to_xml - Added support to disable xml declartion with full_document flag.
diff --git a/docs/ansible.utils.to_xml_filter.rst b/docs/ansible.utils.to_xml_filter.rst
index 022fcb2..8e7a5c1 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.utils.to_xml_filter.rst
+++ b/docs/ansible.utils.to_xml_filter.rst
@@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ Parameters
                         <div>Conversion library to use within the filter plugin.</div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>full_document</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                    <td>
+                    </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The option to disable xml declaration(defaults to True).</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td colspan="1">
                     <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
diff --git a/plugins/filter/to_xml.py b/plugins/filter/to_xml.py
index d8281e8..63a7500 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/to_xml.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/to_xml.py
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         - When indent="tabs", a single tab is always used for indentation.
         type: int
         default: 4
+      full_document:
+        description:
+        - The option to disable xml declaration(defaults to True).
+        type: bool
+        default: True
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = r"""
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_utils/to_xml.py b/plugins/plugin_utils/to_xml.py
index 1c3f882..e25c095 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_utils/to_xml.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_utils/to_xml.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _raise_error(msg):
     raise AnsibleFilterError(error)
 
 
-def to_xml(data, engine, indent, indent_width):
+def to_xml(data, engine, indent, indent_width, full_document):
     """Convert data which is in json to xml"
 
     :param data: The data passed in (data|to_xml(...))
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def to_xml(data, engine, indent, indent_width):
     :param engine: Conversion library default=xmltodict
     :param indent: Indent char default='tabs'
     :param indent_width: Indent char multiplier default=4
+    :param full_document: Flag to disable xml declaration
     """
 
     indent_char = "\t"
@@ -54,7 +55,12 @@ def to_xml(data, engine, indent, indent_width):
         if not HAS_XMLTODICT:
             _raise_error("Missing required library xmltodict")
         try:
-            res = xmltodict.unparse(data, pretty=True, indent=indent_char)
+            res = xmltodict.unparse(
+                data,
+                pretty=True,
+                indent=indent_char,
+                full_document=full_document,
+            )
         except Exception:
             _raise_error("Input json is not valid")
         return res
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/tasks/simple.yaml b/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/tasks/simple.yaml
index 44cd57d..1cf90a2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/tasks/simple.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/tasks/simple.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@
     that: "{{ msg in result.msg }}"
   vars:
     msg: "Error when using plugin 'to_xml': engine: dicttoxml is not supported"
+
+- name: Integration tests with and without default engine as xmltodict and
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that: "{{ output1 == item.test }}"
+  loop:
+    - test: "{{ data|ansible.utils.to_xml('xmltodict', full_document=False) }}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/vars/main.yaml b/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/vars/main.yaml
index bf6f123..2dfb167 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/vars/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/utils_to_xml/vars/main.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ---
 output: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<interface-configurations xmlns=\"http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg\">\n\t<interface-configuration></interface-configuration>\n</interface-configurations>"
+output1: '<interface-configurations xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"></interface-configurations>'