diff --git a/spec/data_spec.js b/spec/data_spec.js
index d542008b..2809fc1a 100644
--- a/spec/data_spec.js
+++ b/spec/data_spec.js
@@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ describe("XMLParser", function() {
         expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it("should parse XML when namespaced ignored", function() {
+        const xmlData = `<a:b>c</a:b><a:d/><a:e atr="sasa" boolean>`;
+        const expected = {
+            "b" : "c",
+            "d" : "",
+            "e" : {
+                "@_atr": "sasa",
+                "@_boolean": true,
+            }
+        };
+
+        const result = parser.parse(xmlData, {
+            ignoreAttributes:       false,
+            allowBooleanAttributes: true,
+            ignoreNameSpace:        true,
+        });
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
     it("should parse XML with undefined as text", function() {
         const xmlData = `<tag><![CDATA[undefined]]><nested>undefined</nested></tag>`;
         const expected = {
diff --git a/src/xmlstr2xmlnode.js b/src/xmlstr2xmlnode.js
index 87c589f6..b330d138 100644
--- a/src/xmlstr2xmlnode.js
+++ b/src/xmlstr2xmlnode.js
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ const getTraversalObj = function(xmlData, options) {
         const closeIndex = result.index;
         const separatorIndex = tagExp.indexOf(" ");
         let tagName = tagExp;
+        let shouldBuildAttributesMap = true;
         if(separatorIndex !== -1){
           tagName = tagExp.substr(0, separatorIndex).replace(/\s\s*$/, '');
           tagExp = tagExp.substr(separatorIndex + 1);
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ const getTraversalObj = function(xmlData, options) {
           const colonIndex = tagName.indexOf(":");
           if(colonIndex !== -1){
             tagName = tagName.substr(colonIndex+1);
+            shouldBuildAttributesMap = tagName !== result.data.substr(colonIndex + 1);
           }
         }
 
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@ const getTraversalObj = function(xmlData, options) {
           if (options.stopNodes.length && options.stopNodes.includes(childNode.tagname)) {
             childNode.startIndex=closeIndex;
           }
-          if(tagName !== tagExp){
+          if(tagName !== tagExp && shouldBuildAttributesMap){
             childNode.attrsMap = buildAttributesMap(tagExp, options);
           }
           currentNode.addChild(childNode);