diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/MatcherModel.cs b/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/MatcherModel.cs
index 1e624f64..ca22db85 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/MatcherModel.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/MatcherModel.cs
@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@ public class MatcherModel
     /// </summary>
     public MatcherModel? ContentMatcher { get; set; }
     #endregion
+
+    #region XPathMatcher
+    public XmlNamespace[]? XmlNamespaceMap { get; set; }
+    #endregion
 }
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diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/XmlNamespace.cs b/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/XmlNamespace.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca256567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Admin/Mappings/XmlNamespace.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+namespace WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines an xml namespace consisting of prefix and uri.
+/// <example>xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"</example>
+/// </summary>
+[FluentBuilder.AutoGenerateBuilder]
+public class XmlNamespace
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The prefix.
+    /// <example>i</example>
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Prefix { get; set; } = null!;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The uri.
+    /// <example>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</example>
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Uri { get; set; } = null!;
+}
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diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/XPathMatcher.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/XPathMatcher.cs
index 8bf0d7ae..ed9dbeca 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/XPathMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/XPathMatcher.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.XPath;
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using AnyOfTypes;
 using WireMock.Extensions;
 using WireMock.Models;
 using Stef.Validation;
+using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 #if !NETSTANDARD1_3
 using Wmhelp.XPath2;
 #endif
@@ -24,11 +25,16 @@ public class XPathMatcher : IStringMatcher
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public MatchBehaviour MatchBehaviour { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Array of namespace prefix and uri.
+    /// </summary>
+    public XmlNamespace[]? XmlNamespaceMap { get; private set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="XPathMatcher"/> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="patterns">The patterns.</param>
-    public XPathMatcher(params AnyOf<string, StringPattern>[] patterns) : this(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, MatchOperator.Or, patterns)
+    public XPathMatcher(params AnyOf<string, StringPattern>[] patterns) : this(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, MatchOperator.Or, null, patterns)
     {
     }
 
@@ -37,13 +43,16 @@ public class XPathMatcher : IStringMatcher
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="matchBehaviour">The match behaviour.</param>
     /// <param name="matchOperator">The <see cref="Matchers.MatchOperator"/> to use. (default = "Or")</param>
+    /// <param name="xmlNamespaceMap">The xml namespaces of the xml document.</param>
     /// <param name="patterns">The patterns.</param>
     public XPathMatcher(
         MatchBehaviour matchBehaviour,
         MatchOperator matchOperator = MatchOperator.Or,
+        XmlNamespace[]? xmlNamespaceMap = null,
         params AnyOf<string, StringPattern>[] patterns)
     {
         _patterns = Guard.NotNull(patterns);
+        XmlNamespaceMap = xmlNamespaceMap;
         MatchBehaviour = matchBehaviour;
         MatchOperator = matchOperator;
     }
@@ -52,24 +61,34 @@ public class XPathMatcher : IStringMatcher
     public MatchResult IsMatch(string? input)
     {
         var score = MatchScores.Mismatch;
-        Exception? exception = null;
 
-        if (input != null && TryGetXPathNavigator(input, out var nav))
+        if (input == null)
         {
-            try
-            {
-#if NETSTANDARD1_3
-                score = MatchScores.ToScore(_patterns.Select(p => true.Equals(nav.Evaluate($"boolean({p.GetPattern()})"))).ToArray(), MatchOperator);
-#else
-                score = MatchScores.ToScore(_patterns.Select(p => true.Equals(nav.XPath2Evaluate($"boolean({p.GetPattern()})"))).ToArray(), MatchOperator);
-#endif
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                exception = ex;
-            }
+            return CreateMatchResult(score);
         }
 
+        try
+        {
+            var xPathEvaluator = new XPathEvaluator();
+            xPathEvaluator.Load(input);
+
+            if (!xPathEvaluator.IsXmlDocumentLoaded)
+            {
+                return CreateMatchResult(score);
+            }
+        
+            score = MatchScores.ToScore(xPathEvaluator.Evaluate(_patterns, XmlNamespaceMap), MatchOperator);
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            return CreateMatchResult(score, exception);
+        }
+
+        return CreateMatchResult(score);
+    }
+    
+    private MatchResult CreateMatchResult(double score, Exception? exception = null)
+    {
         return new MatchResult(MatchBehaviourHelper.Convert(MatchBehaviour, score), exception);
     }
 
@@ -84,18 +103,54 @@ public class XPathMatcher : IStringMatcher
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public string Name => nameof(XPathMatcher);
-
-    private static bool TryGetXPathNavigator(string input, [NotNullWhen(true)] out XPathNavigator? nav)
+    
+    private class XPathEvaluator
     {
-        try
+        private XmlDocument? _xmlDocument;
+        private XPathNavigator? _xpathNavigator;
+
+        public bool IsXmlDocumentLoaded => _xmlDocument != null;
+
+        public void Load(string input)
         {
-            nav = new XmlDocument { InnerXml = input }.CreateNavigator()!;
-            return true;
+            try
+            {
+                _xmlDocument = new XmlDocument { InnerXml = input };
+                _xpathNavigator = _xmlDocument.CreateNavigator();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                _xmlDocument = default;
+            }
         }
-        catch
+
+        public bool[] Evaluate(AnyOf<string, StringPattern>[] patterns, IEnumerable<XmlNamespace>? xmlNamespaceMap)
         {
-            nav = default;
-            return false;
+            XmlNamespaceManager? xmlNamespaceManager = GetXmlNamespaceManager(xmlNamespaceMap);
+            return patterns
+                .Select(p =>
+#if NETSTANDARD1_3
+                    true.Equals(_xpathNavigator.Evaluate($"boolean({p.GetPattern()})", xmlNamespaceManager)))
+#else
+                    true.Equals(_xpathNavigator.XPath2Evaluate($"boolean({p.GetPattern()})", xmlNamespaceManager)))
+#endif
+                .ToArray();
+        }
+
+        private XmlNamespaceManager? GetXmlNamespaceManager(IEnumerable<XmlNamespace>? xmlNamespaceMap)
+        {
+            if (_xpathNavigator == null || xmlNamespaceMap == null)
+            {
+                return default;
+            }
+
+            var nsManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(_xpathNavigator.NameTable);
+            foreach (XmlNamespace xmlNamespace in xmlNamespaceMap)
+            {
+                nsManager.AddNamespace(xmlNamespace.Prefix, xmlNamespace.Uri);
+            }
+
+            return nsManager;
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs
index 4fb801b8..0ba6b168 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ internal class MatcherMapper
                 return new JmesPathMatcher(matchBehaviour, matchOperator, stringPatterns);
 
             case nameof(XPathMatcher):
-                return new XPathMatcher(matchBehaviour, matchOperator, stringPatterns);
+                var xmlNamespaces = matcher.XmlNamespaceMap;
+                return new XPathMatcher(matchBehaviour, matchOperator, xmlNamespaces, stringPatterns);
 
             case nameof(WildcardMatcher):
                 return new WildcardMatcher(matchBehaviour, stringPatterns, ignoreCase, matchOperator);
@@ -159,6 +160,10 @@ internal class MatcherMapper
             case JsonPartialWildcardMatcher jsonPartialWildcardMatcher:
                 model.Regex = jsonPartialWildcardMatcher.Regex;
                 break;
+
+            case XPathMatcher xpathMatcher:
+                model.XmlNamespaceMap = xpathMatcher.XmlNamespaceMap;
+                break;
         }
 
         switch (matcher)
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/XPathMatcherTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/XPathMatcherTests.cs
index 5346f349..df4d95eb 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/XPathMatcherTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/XPathMatcherTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using NFluent;
+using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,71 @@ public class XPathMatcherTests
         Check.That(result).IsEqualTo(1.0);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void XPathMatcher_IsMatch_WithNamespaces_AcceptOnMatch()
+    {
+        // Assign
+        string input =
+            @"<s:Envelope xmlns:s=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"">
+                  <s:Body>
+                      <QueryRequest xmlns=""urn://MyWcfService"">
+                          <MaxResults i:nil=""true"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""/>
+                          <Restriction i:nil=""true"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""/>
+                          <SearchMode i:nil=""true"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""/>
+                      </QueryRequest>
+                  </s:Body>
+              </s:Envelope>";
+        var xmlNamespaces = new[]
+        {
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "s", Uri = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" },
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "i", Uri = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" }
+        };
+        var matcher = new XPathMatcher(
+            MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch,
+            MatchOperator.Or,
+            xmlNamespaces,
+            "/s:Envelope/s:Body/*[local-name()='QueryRequest' and namespace-uri()='urn://MyWcfService']");
+        
+        // Act
+        double result = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+
+        // Assert
+        Check.That(result).IsEqualTo(1.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void XPathMatcher_IsMatch_WithNamespaces_OneSelfDefined_AcceptOnMatch()
+    {
+        // Assign
+        string input =
+            @"<s:Envelope xmlns:s=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"">
+                  <s:Body>
+                      <QueryRequest xmlns=""urn://MyWcfService"">
+                          <MaxResults i:nil=""true"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""/>
+                          <Restriction i:nil=""true"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""/>
+                          <SearchMode i:nil=""true"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""/>
+                      </QueryRequest>
+                  </s:Body>
+              </s:Envelope>";
+        var xmlNamespaces = new[]
+        {
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "s", Uri = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" },
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "i", Uri = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" },
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "q", Uri = "urn://MyWcfService" }
+        };
+        var matcher = new XPathMatcher(
+            MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch,
+            MatchOperator.Or,
+            xmlNamespaces,
+            "/s:Envelope/s:Body/q:QueryRequest");
+
+        // Act
+        double result = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+
+        // Assert
+        Check.That(result).IsEqualTo(1.0);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void XPathMatcher_IsMatch_RejectOnMatch()
     {
@@ -57,7 +123,7 @@ public class XPathMatcherTests
                     <todo-list>
                         <todo-item id='a1'>abc</todo-item>
                     </todo-list>";
-        var matcher = new XPathMatcher(MatchBehaviour.RejectOnMatch, MatchOperator.Or, "/todo-list[count(todo-item) = 1]");
+        var matcher = new XPathMatcher(MatchBehaviour.RejectOnMatch, MatchOperator.Or, null, "/todo-list[count(todo-item) = 1]");
 
         // Act
         double result = matcher.IsMatch(xml).Score;
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherMapperTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherMapperTests.cs
index d73da131..8cc7f9e6 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherMapperTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherMapperTests.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,26 @@ public class MatcherMapperTests
         model.IgnoreCase.Should().BeTrue();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void MatcherMapper_Map_XPathMatcher()
+    {
+        // Assign
+        var xmlNamespaceMap = new[]
+        {
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "s", Uri = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" },
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "i", Uri = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" },
+            new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "q", Uri = "urn://MyWcfService" }
+        };
+        var matcher = new XPathMatcher(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, MatchOperator.And, xmlNamespaceMap);
+
+        // Act
+        var model = _sut.Map(matcher)!;
+
+        // Assert
+        model.XmlNamespaceMap.Should().NotBeNull();
+        model.XmlNamespaceMap.Should().BeEquivalentTo(xmlNamespaceMap);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void MatcherMapper_Map_MatcherModel_Null()
     {
@@ -522,4 +542,47 @@ public class MatcherMapperTests
         matcher.ContentTypeMatcher.Should().BeAssignableTo<ContentTypeMatcher>().Which.GetPatterns().Should().ContainSingle("text/json");
     }
 #endif
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MatcherMapper_Map_MatcherModel_XPathMatcher_WithXmlNamespaces_As_String()
+    {
+        // Assign
+        var pattern = "/s:Envelope/s:Body/*[local-name()='QueryRequest']";
+        var model = new MatcherModel
+        {
+            Name = "XPathMatcher",
+            Pattern = pattern,
+            XmlNamespaceMap = new[]
+            {
+                new XmlNamespace { Prefix = "s", Uri = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" }
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        var matcher = (XPathMatcher)_sut.Map(model)!;
+
+        // Assert
+        matcher.MatchBehaviour.Should().Be(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch);
+        matcher.XmlNamespaceMap.Should().NotBeNull();
+        matcher.XmlNamespaceMap.Should().HaveCount(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MatcherMapper_Map_MatcherModel_XPathMatcher_WithoutXmlNamespaces_As_String()
+    {
+        // Assign
+        var pattern = "/s:Envelope/s:Body/*[local-name()='QueryRequest']";
+        var model = new MatcherModel
+        {
+            Name = "XPathMatcher",
+            Pattern = pattern
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        var matcher = (XPathMatcher)_sut.Map(model)!;
+
+        // Assert
+        matcher.MatchBehaviour.Should().Be(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch);
+        matcher.XmlNamespaceMap.Should().BeNull();
+    }
 }
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