diff --git a/apis/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandler.java b/apis/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandler.java
index 5f27aecfc1..5a898b307b 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandler.java
+++ b/apis/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandler.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.vcloud.xml;
 
+import static org.jclouds.util.SaxUtils.equalsOrSuffix;
+
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ public class TaskHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Task> {
    @Override
    public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attrs) throws SAXException {
       Map<String, String> attributes = SaxUtils.cleanseAttributes(attrs);
-      if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Task")) {
+      if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Task")) {
          if (attributes.get("href") != null && !inOwner)// queued tasks may not have an
             // href yet
             taskLink = Utils.newReferenceType(attributes);
@@ -82,11 +84,11 @@ public class TaskHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Task> {
          if (attributes.containsKey("expiryTime"))
             expiryTime = parseDate(attributes.get("expiryTime"));
          // TODO technically the old Result object should only be owner for copy and delete tasks
-      } else if (qName.equals("Owner") || qName.equals("Result")) {
+      } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Owner") || equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Result")) {
          owner = Utils.newReferenceType(attributes);
-      } else if (qName.equals("Link") && "self".equals(attributes.get("rel"))) {
+      } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Link") && "self".equals(attributes.get("rel"))) {
          taskLink = Utils.newReferenceType(attributes);
-      } else if (qName.equals("Error")) {
+      } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Error")) {
          error = Utils.newError(attributes);
       }
    }
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ public class TaskHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Task> {
 
    @Override
    public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) {
-      if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Task")) {
+      if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Task")) {
          this.task = new TaskImpl(taskLink.getHref(), operation, status, startTime, endTime, expiryTime, owner, error);
          operation = null;
          taskLink = null;
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ public class TaskHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Task> {
          endTime = null;
          owner = null;
          error = null;
-      } else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Owner")) {
+      } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "Owner")) {
          inOwner = false;
       }
    }
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandlerTest.java b/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandlerTest.java
index f967e34213..bb69c6be9d 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandlerTest.java
+++ b/apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/xml/TaskHandlerTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ public class TaskHandlerTest extends BaseHandlerTest {
       super.setUpInjector();
       dateService = injector.getInstance(DateService.class);
    }
+   
+   public void testHrefWhenTaskElementIsNamespaced() {
+      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/task-vcd15.xml");
+      Task result = factory.create(injector.getInstance(TaskHandler.class)).parse(is);
+      assertEquals(result.getHref(), URI.create("https://mycloud.greenhousedata.com/api/v1.0/task/77a33fd4-3401-423c-8167-6711fc51ee9a"));
+   }
 
    public void test() {
       InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/task-1.0.xml");
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/src/test/resources/task-vcd15.xml b/apis/vcloud/src/test/resources/task-vcd15.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..452287dadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apis/vcloud/src/test/resources/task-vcd15.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<vcloud:Task xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" status="running" startTime="2012-03-15T22:47:02.058-06:00" operation="Updating Virtual Machine UbuntuServer-x64-2GB(c9004a47-5e21-4cf1-860c-670d8965b24a)" expiryTime="2012-06-13T22:47:02.058-06:00" type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml" href="https://mycloud.greenhousedata.com/api/v1.0/task/77a33fd4-3401-423c-8167-6711fc51ee9a" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1 http://mycloud.greenhousedata.com/api/v1.0/schema/master.xsd">
+    <vcloud:Link rel="task:cancel" href="https://mycloud.greenhousedata.com/api/v1.0/task/77a33fd4-3401-423c-8167-6711fc51ee9a/action/cancel"/>
+    <vcloud:Owner type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vm+xml" name="UbuntuServer-x64-2GB" href="https://mycloud.greenhousedata.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vm-c9004a47-5e21-4cf1-860c-670d8965b24a"/>
+</vcloud:Task>
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