diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/CDANarrativeFormat.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/CDANarrativeFormat.java
index 6615abd20..3e1f94e22 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/CDANarrativeFormat.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/CDANarrativeFormat.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class CDANarrativeFormat {
    */
   public XhtmlNode convert(Element ed) throws FHIRException {
     XhtmlNode div = new XhtmlNode(NodeType.Element, "div");
+    div.setAttribute("xmlns", XhtmlNode.XMLNS);
     processAttributes(ed, div, "ID", "language", "styleCode");
     processChildren(ed, div);
     return div;
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java
index f517fc067..8543406f5 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class XhtmlNode implements IBaseXhtml {
   }
 
   public static final String NBSP = Character.toString((char)0xa0);
-  private static final String DECL_XMLNS = " xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"";
-
+  public static final String XMLNS = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
+  private static final String DECL_XMLNS = " xmlns=\""+XMLNS+"\"";
 
   private Location location;
   private NodeType nodeType;