diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/namespaces.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/namespaces.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5a05cedd7e79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/namespaces.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/doctrine-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <srv:services>
+        <srv:service id="foo" class="FooClass">
+            <srv:tag name="foo.tag" />
+            <srv:call method="setBar">
+                <srv:argument>foo</srv:argument>
+            </srv:call>
+        </srv:service>
+    </srv:services>
+</srv:container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
index 6d36e2404c157..054a970318e69 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -405,4 +405,16 @@ public function testDocTypeIsNotAllowed()
             $this->assertSame('Document types are not allowed.', $e->getMessage(), '->load() throws an InvalidArgumentException if the configuration contains a document type');
         }
     }
+
+    public function testXmlNamespaces()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new XmlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/xml'));
+        $loader->load('namespaces.xml');
+        $services = $container->getDefinitions();
+
+        $this->assertTrue(isset($services['foo']), '->load() parses <srv:service> elements');
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($services['foo']->getTag('foo.tag')), '->load parses <srv:tag> elements');
+        $this->assertEquals(array(array('setBar', array('foo'))), $services['foo']->getMethodCalls(), '->load() parses the <srv:call> tag');
+    }
 }