diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 40de11d1..30082839 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/v2
 
 go 1.13
 
-require github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8
+require (
+	github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e9b099ce..9541a1ca 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d h1:licZJFw2RwpHMqeKTCYkitsPqHNxTmd4SNR5r94FGM8=
+github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d/go.mod h1:asat636LX7Bqt5lYEZ27JNDcqxfjdBQuJ/MM4CN/Lzo=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 h1:e6P7q2lk1O+qJJb4BtCQXlK8vWEO8V1ZeuEdJNOqZyg=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
diff --git a/junit/junit.go b/junit/junit.go
index e87b6ed0..f5ba111e 100644
--- a/junit/junit.go
+++ b/junit/junit.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/acarl005/stripansi"
+
 	"github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/v2/gtr"
 )
 
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ func formatOutput(output []string) string {
 }
 
 func escapeIllegalChars(str string) string {
+	str = stripansi.Strip(str)
 	return strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
 		if isInCharacterRange(r) {
 			return r
diff --git a/junit/junit_test.go b/junit/junit_test.go
index b1fd4e57..cc4a72d5 100644
--- a/junit/junit_test.go
+++ b/junit/junit_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func TestCreateFromReport(t *testing.T) {
 						Result: gtr.Pass,
 						Output: []string{"\x00\v\f \t\\"},
 					},
+					{
+						Name:   "TestRemoveOutputANSI",
+						Result: gtr.Pass,
+						Output: []string{"This contains some", "\x1b[38;5;140mANSI\x1b[0m", "sequence"},
+					},
 					{
 						Name:   "TestFail",
 						Result: gtr.Fail,
@@ -53,14 +58,14 @@ func TestCreateFromReport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := Testsuites{
-		Tests:    7,
+		Tests:    8,
 		Errors:   3,
 		Failures: 1,
 		Skipped:  1,
 		Suites: []Testsuite{
 			{
 				Name:      "package/name",
-				Tests:     7,
+				Tests:     8,
 				Errors:    3,
 				ID:        0,
 				Failures:  1,
@@ -84,6 +89,12 @@ func TestCreateFromReport(t *testing.T) {
 						Time:      "0.000",
 						SystemOut: &Output{Data: `��� 	\`},
 					},
+					{
+						Name:      "TestRemoveOutputANSI",
+						Classname: "package/name",
+						Time:      "0.000",
+						SystemOut: &Output{Data: "This contains some\nANSI\nsequence"},
+					},
 					{
 						Name:      "TestFail",
 						Classname: "package/name",
@@ -193,8 +204,8 @@ func TestWriteXML(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var suites Testsuites
 
-	ts := Testsuite{Name:"Example"}
-	ts.AddTestcase(Testcase{Name: "Test", })
+	ts := Testsuite{Name: "Example"}
+	ts.AddTestcase(Testcase{Name: "Test"})
 	suites.AddSuite(ts)
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer