diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 5847232878..dd48c17da2 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Version: 2.3.2 (xx-xxx-2014)
 #379: Fix a problem with (re)naming of Creator properties; needed to make
  Paranamer module work with NamingStrategy.
  (reported by Chris P, cpilsworth@github)
+- Added `BeanSerializerBase._serializeObjectId()` needed by modules that
+  override standard BeanSerializer; specifically, XML module.
 
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 === History: ===
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/BeanSerializerBase.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/BeanSerializerBase.java
index beeebd9561..d80483f2d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/BeanSerializerBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/BeanSerializerBase.java
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerators;
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedMember;
@@ -581,6 +579,20 @@ protected final void _serializeWithObjectId(Object bean,
             w.serializer.serialize(id, jgen, provider);
             return;
         }
+        _serializeObjectId(bean, jgen, provider, typeSer, objectId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Overridable helper method added to make XML module work better with
+     * Object id handling.
+     *
+     * @since 2.3.2
+     */
+    protected  void _serializeObjectId(Object bean,
+            JsonGenerator jgen,SerializerProvider provider,
+            TypeSerializer typeSer, WritableObjectId objectId)
+        throws IOException, JsonProcessingException, JsonGenerationException {
+        final ObjectIdWriter w = _objectIdWriter;
         String typeStr = (_typeId == null) ? null :_customTypeId(bean);
         if (typeStr == null) {
             typeSer.writeTypePrefixForObject(bean, jgen);