diff --git a/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py b/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py
index f47673d..bececc0 100644
--- a/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py
+++ b/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class XQuery(things.Thing):
         if self._results is None:
             manager = DbXmlDatabase._manager
             queryContext = manager.createQueryContext()
+            for ns in namespaces.nsList:
+               queryContext.setNamespace(ns.name, ns.uri)
             childNodes = self.evaluateXpath("*")
             query = childNodes[0].serialize()
             try: