diff --git a/swig/interfaces/includes.i b/swig/interfaces/includes.i
index 7ec0537f1aa4ad99b44d77dfaa283505d448995e..b5f685b0e779973267d1cb1acc0b9aa24ea4cb76 100644
--- a/swig/interfaces/includes.i
+++ b/swig/interfaces/includes.i
@@ -60,5 +60,8 @@
 #include "xercesc/validators/schema/SchemaAttDef.hpp"
 
 #include "xercesc/util/PSVIUni.hpp"
+
+XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_USE
+
 %}