diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 97548b328..9827a3c80 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Fixed: GITHUB-2862: Allow test classes to define "configfailurepolicy" at a per
 Fixed: GITHUB-2796: Option for onAfterClass to run after @AfterClass (Oliver Hughes)
 Fixed: GITHUB-2857: XmlTest index is not set for test suites invoked with YAML (Sergei Baranov)
 Fixed: GITHUB-2880: Before configuration and before invocation set 'SKIP' when beforeMethod is 'skip' (Bob Shi)
+Fixed: GITHUB-2886: testng-results xml reports config skips from base classes as ignored (Krishnan Mahadevan)
 
 7.7.1
 Fixed: GITHUB-2854: overloaded assertEquals methods do not work from Groovy (Krishnan Mahadevan)
diff --git a/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/reporters/XMLReporter.java b/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/reporters/XMLReporter.java
index dcb44fec7..bc0d2cc68 100644
--- a/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/reporters/XMLReporter.java
+++ b/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/reporters/XMLReporter.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void generateReport(
         }
         skipped += skippedPerTest;
         retried += retriedPerTest;
-        ignored += testContext.getExcludedMethods().size();
+        ignored += testContext.getExcludedMethods().stream().filter(ITestNGMethod::isTest).count();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/XmlReporterTest.java b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/XmlReporterTest.java
index 4519582b3..13553f1be 100644
--- a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/XmlReporterTest.java
+++ b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/XmlReporterTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
 import org.testng.internal.WrappedTestNGMethod;
 import org.testng.reporters.RuntimeBehavior;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import test.SimpleBaseTest;
 import test.reports.issue2171.TestClassExample;
+import test.reports.issue2886.HydeTestSample;
+import test.reports.issue2886.JekyllTestSample;
 import test.simple.SimpleSample;
 
 public class XmlReporterTest extends SimpleBaseTest {
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ public void ensureStackTraceHasLineFeedsTest() throws Exception {
 
   @Test(description = "GITHUB-2171")
   public void ensureCustomisationOfReportIsSupported() throws Exception {
-    File file = runTest(TestClassExample.class, "issue_2171.xml");
+    File file = runTest("issue_2171.xml", null, TestClassExample.class);
     DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
     DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
     Document doc = builder.parse(file);
@@ -74,7 +77,6 @@ public void ensureCustomisationOfReportIsSupported() throws Exception {
   public void ensureReportGenerationWhenTestMethodIsWrappedWithWrappedTestNGMethod() {
     File file =
         runTest(
-            SimpleSample.class,
             testng ->
                 testng.setMethodInterceptor(
                     (methods, context) ->
@@ -88,19 +90,34 @@ public void ensureReportGenerationWhenTestMethodIsWrappedWithWrappedTestNGMethod
     assertThat(file.exists()).isTrue();
   }
 
-  private static File runTest(Class<?> clazz) {
-    return runTest(clazz, RuntimeBehavior.FILE_NAME, null);
+  @Test(description = "GITHUB-2886")
+  public void ensureConfigurationMethodsAreNotCountedAsSkippedInXmlReports() throws Exception {
+    File file =
+        runTest(RuntimeBehavior.FILE_NAME, null, JekyllTestSample.class, HydeTestSample.class);
+    DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+    Document doc = builder.parse(file);
+    XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+    Node node = (Node) xPath.compile("/testng-results").evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODE);
+    int ignored = Integer.parseInt(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("ignored").getNodeValue());
+    int total = Integer.parseInt(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("total").getNodeValue());
+    int passed = Integer.parseInt(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("passed").getNodeValue());
+    int failed = Integer.parseInt(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("failed").getNodeValue());
+    assertThat(ignored).isZero();
+    assertThat(total).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(passed).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(failed).isZero();
   }
 
-  private static File runTest(Class<?> clazz, Consumer<TestNG> customizer) {
-    return runTest(clazz, RuntimeBehavior.FILE_NAME, customizer);
+  private static File runTest(Class<?> clazz) {
+    return runTest(RuntimeBehavior.FILE_NAME, null, clazz);
   }
 
-  private static File runTest(Class<?> clazz, String fileName) {
-    return runTest(clazz, fileName, null);
+  private static File runTest(Consumer<TestNG> customizer) {
+    return runTest(RuntimeBehavior.FILE_NAME, customizer, SimpleSample.class);
   }
 
-  private static File runTest(Class<?> clazz, String fileName, Consumer<TestNG> customizer) {
+  private static File runTest(String fileName, Consumer<TestNG> customizer, Class<?>... clazz) {
     String suiteName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     File fileLocation = createDirInTempDir(suiteName);
     TestNG testng = create(fileLocation.toPath(), clazz);
diff --git a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/BaseClassSample.java b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/BaseClassSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1a0bdeae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/BaseClassSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package test.reports.issue2886;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeSuite;
+
+public class BaseClassSample {
+
+  @BeforeSuite
+  public void beforeSuite() {}
+}
diff --git a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/HydeTestSample.java b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/HydeTestSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..738563229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/HydeTestSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package test.reports.issue2886;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class HydeTestSample extends BaseClassSample {
+
+  @Test
+  public void rogueBehaviourTest() {}
+}
diff --git a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/JekyllTestSample.java b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/JekyllTestSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3474d935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/reports/issue2886/JekyllTestSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package test.reports.issue2886;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class JekyllTestSample extends BaseClassSample {
+  @Test
+  public void gentleBehaviourTest() {}
+}