diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/QNameDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/QNameDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a904a655f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/QNameDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JacksonException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
+
+
+public class QNameDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer {
+    JsonDeserializer<?> originalDeserializer;
+    public QNameDeserializer(JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer) {
+        originalDeserializer = deserializer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JacksonException {
+        QName qName = (QName) originalDeserializer.deserialize(p, ctxt);
+
+        if (qName.getLocalPart().indexOf(":") > 0) {
+            String prefix = qName.getLocalPart().split(":")[0];
+            String localPart = qName.getLocalPart().split(":")[1];
+            String namespace = ((FromXmlParser)ctxt.getParser()).getStaxReader().getNamespaceContext().getNamespaceURI(prefix);
+
+            return new QName(namespace, localPart, prefix);
+        }
+
+        return qName;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlBeanDeserializerModifier.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlBeanDeserializerModifier.java
index 303ba80c6..3afbfa8d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlBeanDeserializerModifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlBeanDeserializerModifier.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser;
 
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ public List<BeanPropertyDefinition> updateProperties(DeserializationConfig confi
     public JsonDeserializer<?> modifyDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config,
             BeanDescription beanDesc, JsonDeserializer<?> deser0)
     {
+        if (beanDesc.getBeanClass() == QName.class) {
+            return new QNameDeserializer(deser0);
+        }
+		
         if (!(deser0 instanceof BeanDeserializerBase)) {
             return deser0;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/QNameTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/QNameTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43d704bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/QNameTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class QNameTest {
+    protected static class Parent {
+        public Level1 level1;
+    }
+
+    protected static class Level1 {
+        public QName name;
+    }
+
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = XmlMapper.builder()
+            .defaultUseWrapper(false)
+            .build();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testQNameParser() throws Exception
+    {
+        String xml =
+                "<parent xmlns:t=\"urn:example:types:r1\">\n" +
+                "    <level1 name=\"t:DateTime\" />\n" +
+                "</parent>";
+
+        Parent bean = MAPPER.readValue(xml, Parent.class);
+
+        assertEquals("{urn:example:types:r1}DateTime", bean.level1.name.toString());
+    }
+}