diff --git a/rosidl_pycommon/package.xml b/rosidl_pycommon/package.xml
index d63cb3751..83a9cbd11 100644
--- a/rosidl_pycommon/package.xml
+++ b/rosidl_pycommon/package.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   <test_depend>ament_flake8</test_depend>
   <test_depend>ament_pep257</test_depend>
   <test_depend>ament_mypy</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>ament_xmllint</test_depend>
   <test_depend>python3-pytest</test_depend>
 
   <export>
diff --git a/rosidl_pycommon/test/test_xmllint.py b/rosidl_pycommon/test/test_xmllint.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08bf7fd78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rosidl_pycommon/test/test_xmllint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from ament_xmllint.main import main
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.linter
+@pytest.mark.xmllint
+def test_xmllint() -> None:
+    rc = main(argv=[])
+    assert rc == 0, 'Found errors'