diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
index 422be69bd6..60de783808 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ static bool print_xml_decl(StringInfo buf, const xmlChar *version,
 			   pg_enc encoding, int standalone);
 static xmlDocPtr xml_parse(text *data, XmlOptionType xmloption_arg,
 		  bool preserve_whitespace, int encoding);
-static text *xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xmlNodePtr cur);
+static text *xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xmlNodePtr cur, PgXmlErrorContext *xmlerrcxt);
 static int xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathobj,
-					   ArrayBuildState **astate);
+					   ArrayBuildState **astate,
+					   PgXmlErrorContext *xmlerrcxt);
 #endif   /* USE_LIBXML */
 
 static StringInfo query_to_xml_internal(const char *query, char *tablename,
@@ -3595,26 +3596,41 @@ SPI_sql_row_to_xmlelement(int rownum, StringInfo result, char *tablename,
  * return value otherwise)
  */
 static text *
-xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xmlNodePtr cur)
+xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xmlNodePtr cur, PgXmlErrorContext *xmlerrcxt)
 {
 	xmltype    *result;
 
 	if (cur->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
 	{
 		xmlBufferPtr buf;
+		xmlNodePtr	cur_copy;
 
 		buf = xmlBufferCreate();
+
+		/*
+		 * The result of xmlNodeDump() won't contain namespace definitions
+		 * from parent nodes, but xmlCopyNode() duplicates a node along with
+		 * its required namespace definitions.
+		 */
+		cur_copy = xmlCopyNode(cur, 1);
+
+		if (cur_copy == NULL)
+			xml_ereport(xmlerrcxt, ERROR, ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+						"could not copy node");
+
 		PG_TRY();
 		{
-			xmlNodeDump(buf, NULL, cur, 0, 1);
+			xmlNodeDump(buf, NULL, cur_copy, 0, 1);
 			result = xmlBuffer_to_xmltype(buf);
 		}
 		PG_CATCH();
 		{
+			xmlFreeNode(cur_copy);
 			xmlBufferFree(buf);
 			PG_RE_THROW();
 		}
 		PG_END_TRY();
+		xmlFreeNode(cur_copy);
 		xmlBufferFree(buf);
 	}
 	else
@@ -3656,7 +3672,8 @@ xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xmlNodePtr cur)
  */
 static int
 xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathobj,
-					   ArrayBuildState **astate)
+					   ArrayBuildState **astate,
+					   PgXmlErrorContext *xmlerrcxt)
 {
 	int			result = 0;
 	Datum		datum;
@@ -3678,7 +3695,8 @@ xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathobj,
 
 					for (i = 0; i < result; i++)
 					{
-						datum = PointerGetDatum(xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xpathobj->nodesetval->nodeTab[i]));
+						datum = PointerGetDatum(xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xpathobj->nodesetval->nodeTab[i],
+																	 xmlerrcxt));
 						*astate = accumArrayResult(*astate, datum,
 												   false, XMLOID,
 												   CurrentMemoryContext);
@@ -3882,9 +3900,9 @@ xpath_internal(text *xpath_expr_text, xmltype *data, ArrayType *namespaces,
 		 * Extract the results as requested.
 		 */
 		if (res_nitems != NULL)
-			*res_nitems = xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xpathobj, astate);
+			*res_nitems = xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xpathobj, astate, xmlerrcxt);
 		else
-			(void) xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xpathobj, astate);
+			(void) xml_xpathobjtoxmlarray(xpathobj, astate, xmlerrcxt);
 	}
 	PG_CATCH();
 	{
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
index 382f9df509..9b7b393c85 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
@@ -584,6 +584,21 @@ SELECT xpath('//loc:piece/@id', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><loc
  {1,2}
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+                                                                     xpath                                                                      
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" id=\"1\">number one</local:piece>","<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" id=\"2\"/>"}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1" xmlns="http://127.0.0.2"><local:piece id="1"><internal>number one</internal><internal2/></local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+                                        xpath                                         
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" xmlns=\"http://127.0.0.2\" id=\"1\">+
+   <internal>number one</internal>                                                   +
+   <internal2/>                                                                      +
+ </local:piece>","<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" id=\"2\"/>"}
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT xpath('//b', '<a>one <b>two</b> three <b>etc</b></a>');
           xpath          
 -------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
index a34d1f41dd..97382499da 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
@@ -498,6 +498,18 @@ LINE 1: SELECT xpath('//loc:piece/@id', '<local:data xmlns:local="ht...
                                         ^
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
+LINE 1: SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http:/...
+                                    ^
+DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
+HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1" xmlns="http://127.0.0.2"><local:piece id="1"><internal>number one</internal><internal2/></local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
+LINE 1: SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http:/...
+                                    ^
+DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
+HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
 SELECT xpath('//b', '<a>one <b>two</b> three <b>etc</b></a>');
 ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
 LINE 1: SELECT xpath('//b', '<a>one <b>two</b> three <b>etc</b></a>'...
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
index 90d4d67f04..ce87d42684 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ SELECT xpath(NULL, NULL) IS NULL FROM xmltest;
 SELECT xpath('', '<!-- error -->');
 SELECT xpath('//text()', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>');
 SELECT xpath('//loc:piece/@id', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1" xmlns="http://127.0.0.2"><local:piece id="1"><internal>number one</internal><internal2/></local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
 SELECT xpath('//b', '<a>one <b>two</b> three <b>etc</b></a>');
 SELECT xpath('//text()', '<root>&lt;</root>');
 SELECT xpath('//@value', '<root value="&lt;"/>');