diff --git a/src/Logbert/Logging/LogMessageLog4Net.cs b/src/Logbert/Logging/LogMessageLog4Net.cs
index e5d0b70..9d2d985 100644
--- a/src/Logbert/Logging/LogMessageLog4Net.cs
+++ b/src/Logbert/Logging/LogMessageLog4Net.cs
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ static LogMessageLog4Net()
       XmlNamespaceManager namespaceManager = 
         new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
 
+      namespaceManager.AddNamespace("nlog", "urn:ignore");
+
       namespaceManager.AddNamespace(
           "log4j"
         , "http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/");