diff --git a/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml b/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml
index 14af88d7e..2699b8612 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml
@@ -116,11 +116,16 @@ let add_infer_profile mvn_pom infer_pom =
   let ic = In_channel.create mvn_pom in
   let with_oc out_chan =
     let with_ic () =
-      let xml_in = Xmlm.make_input ~strip:false (`Channel ic) in
-      let xml_out = Xmlm.make_output ~nl:true (`Channel out_chan) in
+      let xml_in = Xmlm.make_input ~strip:false (`Channel ic)
+          ~ns:(fun ns -> Some ns) (* be generous with namespaces *) in
+      let xml_out = Xmlm.make_output ~nl:true (`Channel out_chan)
+          ~ns_prefix:(fun prefix -> Some prefix) (* be generous with namespaces *) in
       add_infer_profile_to_xml (Filename.dirname mvn_pom) xml_in xml_out in
     protect ~f:with_ic ~finally:(fun () -> In_channel.close ic) in
-  Utils.with_file_out infer_pom ~f:with_oc
+  try Utils.with_file_out infer_pom ~f:with_oc
+  with Xmlm.Error ((line, col), error) as exn ->
+    L.external_error "%s:%d:%d: ERROR: %s@." mvn_pom line col (Xmlm.error_message error);
+    raise exn
 
 let add_profile_to_pom_in_directory dir =
   (* Even though there is a "-f" command-line arguments to change the config file Maven reads from,
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/mvn/app_with_submodules/module2parent/module2/pom.xml b/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/mvn/app_with_submodules/module2parent/module2/pom.xml
index 3096ed634..699190d67 100644
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/mvn/app_with_submodules/module2parent/module2/pom.xml
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/mvn/app_with_submodules/module2parent/module2/pom.xml
@@ -10,4 +10,26 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>module2</name>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <compilerArguments>
+            <Xlint:all/>
+            <Werror/>
+          </compilerArguments>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <resources>
+    </resources>
+    <pluginManagement>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
 </project>