diff --git a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
index d414d1c35..9b9358183 100644
--- a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
+++ b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
@@ -1728,7 +1728,8 @@ parse_gschema_files (gchar    **files,
 
       context = g_markup_parse_context_new (&parser,
                                             G_MARKUP_TREAT_CDATA_AS_TEXT |
-                                            G_MARKUP_PREFIX_ERROR_POSITION,
+                                            G_MARKUP_PREFIX_ERROR_POSITION |
+                                            G_MARKUP_IGNORE_QUALIFIED,
                                             &state, NULL);