diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java
index c1c1338d..0a624f76 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java
@@ -163,8 +163,10 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchemaCollection implements XsdSchemaCollection, Initiali
         for (int i = 0; i < imports.getCount(); i++) {
             XmlSchemaExternal external = (XmlSchemaExternal) imports.getItem(i);
             if (external instanceof XmlSchemaImport) {
-                XmlSchema importedSchema = external.getSchema();
-                if (importedSchema != null && !processedSchemas.contains(importedSchema)) {
+                XmlSchemaImport schemaImport = (XmlSchemaImport) external;
+                XmlSchema importedSchema = schemaImport.getSchema();
+                if (!"http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".equals(schemaImport.getNamespace()) &&
+                        importedSchema != null && !processedSchemas.contains(importedSchema)) {
                     inlineIncludes(importedSchema, processedSchemas);
                     findImports(importedSchema, processedSchemas);
                     xmlSchemas.add(importedSchema);
diff --git a/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollectionTest.java b/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollectionTest.java
index 43b18eb6..631ab27e 100644
--- a/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollectionTest.java
+++ b/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollectionTest.java
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchemaCollectionTest extends XMLTestCase {
         assertEquals("Invalid amount of XSDs loaded", 1, schemas.length);
     }
 
+    public void testXmlNamespace() throws Exception {
+        Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("xmlNamespace.xsd", AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.class);
+        collection.setXsds(new Resource[]{resource});
+        collection.setInline(true);
+        collection.afterPropertiesSet();
+        XsdSchema[] schemas = collection.getXsdSchemas();
+        assertEquals("Invalid amount of XSDs loaded", 1, schemas.length);
+    }
+
     public void testCreateValidator() throws Exception {
         Resource a = new ClassPathResource("A.xsd", AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.class);
         collection.setXsds(new Resource[]{a});
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmlNamespace.xsd b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmlNamespace.xsd
index 398b0ccd..eebd4bc5 100644
--- a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmlNamespace.xsd
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmlNamespace.xsd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/xmlNamespace" elementFormDefault="qualified"
             attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
 
-    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"/>
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd"/>
 
     <xsd:element name="GetOrderRequest">
         <xsd:complexType>