diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index daa8d72f26f..7f9d0340f02 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ actual arch.
         :return: a node in the source matching the spec
         """
         if spec.tag == 'xpath':
-            nodes = arch.xpath(spec.get('expr'))
+            nodes = etree.ETXPath(spec.get('expr'))(arch)
             return nodes[0] if nodes else None
         elif spec.tag == 'field':
             # Only compare the field name: a field can be only once in a given view
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py
index c4b279c2f43..284cc104840 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py
@@ -373,6 +373,52 @@ class TestQWebNS(TransactionCase):
         self.assertEquals(len(cac_lines), 2)
         self.assertEquals(result.count('Appel'), 2)
 
+    def test_render_static_xml_with_extension(self):
+        """ Test the extension of a view by an xpath expression on a ns prefixed element.
+        """
+        # primary view
+        view1 = self.env['ir.ui.view'].create({
+            'name': "dummy",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'arch': """
+                <t t-name="base.dummy">
+                    <root>
+                        <h:table xmlns:h="http://www.example.org/table">
+                            <h:tr>
+                                <h:td xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/TD/html4/">Apples</h:td>
+                                <h:td>Bananas</h:td>
+                            </h:tr>
+                        </h:table>
+                    </root>
+                </t>
+            """
+        })
+        # extension patching the primary view
+        view2 = self.env['ir.ui.view'].create({
+            'name': "dummy_ext",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'inherit_id': view1.id,
+            'arch': """
+                <xpath expr="//{http://www.example.org/table}table/{http://www.example.org/table}tr">
+                        <h:td xmlns:h="http://www.example.org/table">Oranges</h:td>
+                </xpath>
+            """
+        })
+
+        expected_result = """
+            <root>
+                <h:table xmlns:h="http://www.example.org/table">
+                    <h:tr>
+                        <h:td xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/TD/html4/">Apples</h:td>
+                        <h:td>Bananas</h:td>
+                        <h:td>Oranges</h:td>
+                    </h:tr>
+                </h:table>
+            </root>
+        """
+
+        self.assertEquals(dedent_and_strip(view1.with_context(check_view_ids=[view1.id, view2.id]).render()), dedent_and_strip(expected_result))
+
 
 from copy import deepcopy
 class FileSystemLoader(object):