diff --git a/autoload/ale/fixers/xmllint.vim b/autoload/ale/fixers/xmllint.vim
index 9e478feb3b..4c74508b27 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/fixers/xmllint.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/fixers/xmllint.vim
@@ -7,15 +7,8 @@ call ale#Set('xml_xmllint_indentsize', 2)
 
 function! ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(buffer) abort
     let l:executable = ale#Escape(ale#Var(a:buffer, 'xml_xmllint_executable'))
-    let l:filename = bufname(a:buffer)
 
-    if empty(l:filename)
-        let l:filename = '%t'
-    else
-        let l:filename = ale#Escape(l:filename)
-    endif
-
-    let l:command = l:executable . ' --format ' . l:filename
+    let l:command = l:executable . ' --format'
 
     let l:indent = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'xml_xmllint_indentsize')
 
@@ -31,6 +24,6 @@ function! ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(buffer) abort
     endif
 
     return {
-    \   'command': l:command
+    \   'command': l:command . ' -'
     \}
 endfunction
diff --git a/test/fixers/test_xmllint_fixer_callback.vader b/test/fixers/test_xmllint_fixer_callback.vader
index 103b0f7bd8..adf41fbf3f 100644
--- a/test/fixers/test_xmllint_fixer_callback.vader
+++ b/test/fixers/test_xmllint_fixer_callback.vader
@@ -18,39 +18,39 @@ Execute(The xmllint callback should return the correct default command with unpe
   AssertEqual
   \ {
   \   'command': ale#Escape('/path/to/xmllint')
-  \     . ' --format %t'
+  \     . ' --format -'
   \ },
   \ ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(bufnr(''))
 
 Execute(The xmllint callback should return the correct default command):
+  call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/xml/dummy.xml')
+
   AssertEqual
   \ {
   \   'command': ale#Escape('/path/to/xmllint')
-  \     . ' --format '
-  \     . ale#Escape(bufname(bufnr('')))
+  \     . ' --format -'
   \ },
-  \ ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(bufnr(''))
+  \ ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(bufname(bufnr('')))
 
 Execute(The xmllint callback should include the XMLLINT_INDENT variable):
+  call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/xml/dummy.xml')
   let g:ale_xml_xmllint_indentsize = 2
 
   AssertEqual
   \ {
   \   'command': ale#Env('XMLLINT_INDENT', '  ')
   \     . ale#Escape('/path/to/xmllint')
-  \     . ' --format '
-  \     . ale#Escape(bufname(bufnr('')))
+  \     . ' --format -'
   \ },
   \ ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(bufnr(''))
 
 Execute(The xmllint callback should include additional options):
-  let g:ale_xml_xmllint_options = '--nonet'
+  call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/xml/dummy.xml')
+  let g:ale_xml_xmllint_options = '--nonet --custom-opt 2'
 
   AssertEqual
   \ {
   \   'command': ale#Escape('/path/to/xmllint')
-  \     . ' --format '
-  \     . ale#Escape(bufname(bufnr('')))
-  \     . ' --nonet'
+  \     . ' --format --nonet --custom-opt 2 -'
   \ },
   \ ale#fixers#xmllint#Fix(bufnr(''))
diff --git a/test/test-files/xml/dummy.xml b/test/test-files/xml/dummy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18b2953130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-files/xml/dummy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xml>
+  <test id="12"/>
+</xml>