diff --git a/syntax/blog.php b/syntax/blog.php
index 4311330..f695b5e 100644
--- a/syntax/blog.php
+++ b/syntax/blog.php
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ function render($mode, Doku_Renderer $renderer, $data) {
         $first = $_REQUEST['first'];
         if (!is_numeric($first)) $first = 0;
 
+        // complement the blog's parent namespaces in case it is nested
+        if(getNS(getID())){
+            $ns = getNS(getID()) .":". $ns;
+        }
+
         // get the blog entries for our namespace
         /** @var helper_plugin_blog $my */
         if ($my =& plugin_load('helper', 'blog')) $entries = $my->getBlog($ns);