diff --git a/libiqxmlrpc/parser2.cc b/libiqxmlrpc/parser2.cc
index 51eebf1..afdd7f1 100644
--- a/libiqxmlrpc/parser2.cc
+++ b/libiqxmlrpc/parser2.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Parser::Impl {
     int sz = static_cast<int>(str.size());
 #if (LIBXML_VERSION < 20703)
 #define XML_PARSE_HUGE 0
-#endif 
+#endif
     reader = xmlReaderForMemory(buf2, sz, 0, 0, XML_PARSE_NONET | XML_PARSE_HUGE);
     xmlTextReaderSetParserProp(reader, XML_PARSER_SUBST_ENTITIES, 0); // No XXE
   }
@@ -185,7 +185,15 @@ class Parser::Impl {
   std::string
   tag_name()
   {
-    return to_string(xmlTextReaderName(reader));
+    std::string rv = to_string(xmlTextReaderName(reader));
+
+    size_t pos = rv.find_first_of(":");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+      rv.erase(0, pos+1);
+    }
+
+    return rv;
   }
 
   std::string
diff --git a/tests/data/request-ns.xml b/tests/data/request-ns.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba81d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/request-ns.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ns1:methodCall xmlns:ns1="http://example.com/ns1/">
+  <methodName>system.listMethods</methodName>
+  <params></params>
+</ns1:methodCall>