diff --git a/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/PlatformUtil.java b/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/PlatformUtil.java
index ffc9bf05b0..fd3fa2e2eb 100644
--- a/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/PlatformUtil.java
+++ b/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/PlatformUtil.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ public class PlatformUtil {
 	}
 	
 	public static XmlPullParser newXMLPullParser() throws XmlPullParserException{
-		return new org.kxml2.io.KXmlParser();
+		org.kxml2.io.KXmlParser xmlParser = new org.kxml2.io.KXmlParser();
+		xmlParser.setFeature(XmlPullParser.FEATURE_PROCESS_NAMESPACES, true);
+		return xmlParser;
 	}
 
 	public static XmlSerializer newSerializer() {