diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/CfgXmlParsingTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/CfgXmlParsingTest.java
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+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/CfgXmlParsingTest.java
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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.boot.cfgXml;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationException;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+public class CfgXmlParsingTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+	@Test
+	public void testCfgXmlWithSchemaLocation() {
+		StandardServiceRegistry ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
+				.configure( "org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/hibernate.cfg.xml" )
+				.build();
+		StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( ssr );
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = ConfigurationException.class )
+	public void testCfgXmlWithBadNamespaceAndSchemaLocation() {
+		StandardServiceRegistry ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
+				.configure( "org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/badnamespace.cfg.xml" )
+				.build();
+		StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( ssr );
+		fail( "Expecting the bad namespace to fail" );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/badnamespace.cfg.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/badnamespace.cfg.xml
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+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/badnamespace.cfg.xml
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+<hibernate-configuration
+        xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/hibernate-configuration"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/hibernate-configuration hibernate-configuration-4.0.xsd"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <session-factory>
+        <property name="cache.provider_class">org.hibernate.cache.NoCacheProvider</property>
+    </session-factory>
+</hibernate-configuration>
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diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/hibernate.cfg.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/hibernate.cfg.xml
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+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/hibernate.cfg.xml
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+<!--
+  ~ Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+  ~
+  ~ License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+  ~ See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+  -->
+<hibernate-configuration
+        xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/cfg"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/cfg hibernate-configuration-4.0.xsd">
+    <session-factory>
+        <property name="cache.provider_class">org.hibernate.cache.NoCacheProvider</property>
+    </session-factory>
+</hibernate-configuration>
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