diff --git a/news/+0ae076a4.feature.rst b/news/+0ae076a4.feature.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Explicitly enable XML-RPC in the ``WSGIServer`` layer.
+Zope 6.2 by default disables this.
+But this is used in the ``WSGI_SERVER_FIXTURE`` that most robot tests (and acceptance tests) use.
+[maurits]
diff --git a/src/plone/testing/zope.py b/src/plone/testing/zope.py
index 96c4f69..cff3a5f 100644
--- a/src/plone/testing/zope.py
+++ b/src/plone/testing/zope.py
@@ -961,6 +961,14 @@ def _get_zope_conf(self, dir):
         fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=dir)
         with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as zope_conf:
             zope_conf.write(f"instancehome {os.path.dirname(dir)}\n")
+            # Plone 6.2 disables xml-rpc by default.
+            # But the robot tests need this.   For example, robot tests call
+            # this method from plone.app.robotframework.remote:
+            # http://nohost:55001/plone/RemoteLibrary/get_keyword_names
+            # See
+            # https://github.com/plone/buildout.coredev/pull/1108#issuecomment-5194533758
+            # and further.  So enable XML-RPC.
+            zope_conf.write("enable-xmlrpc on\n")
         return path
 
     def _handle_entry_points_39(self, app, global_config):