diff --git a/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py b/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
index 72111e3..078a1d3 100755
--- a/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from . basexmpp import basexmpp
 from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
+
+# some servers use different namespaces for components -- this is a hack, but is there for compatibility
+import xmlstream.matcher.xmlmask
+import xmlstream.matcher.xpath
+xmlstream.matcher.xmlmask.ignore_ns = True
+xmlstream.matcher.xpath.ignore_ns = True
+# ----------
+
 from . xmlstream.xmlstream import XMLStream
 from . xmlstream.xmlstream import RestartStream
 from . xmlstream.matcher.xmlmask import MatchXMLMask
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py
index 02a644c..30cb13b 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from . import base
 from xml.etree import cElementTree
 from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
 
+ignore_ns = False
+
 class MatchXMLMask(base.MatcherBase):
 
 	def __init__(self, criteria):
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ class MatchXMLMask(base.MatcherBase):
 	def maskcmp(self, source, maskobj, use_ns=False, default_ns='__no_ns__'):
 		"""maskcmp(xmlobj, maskobj):
 		Compare etree xml object to etree xml object mask"""
+		use_ns = not ignore_ns
 		#TODO require namespaces
 		if source == None: #if element not found (happens during recursive check below)
 			return False
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py
index b141dd8..060d5df 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 from . import base
 from xml.etree import cElementTree
 
+ignore_ns = False
+
 class MatchXPath(base.MatcherBase):
 
 	def match(self, xml):
 		x = cElementTree.Element('x')
 		x.append(xml)
-		if x.find(self._criteria) is not None:
+		if not ignore_ns:
+			if x.find(self._criteria) is not None:
+				return True
+			return False
+		else:
+			criteria = [c.split('}')[-1] for c in self._criteria.split('/')]
+			xml = x
+			for tag in criteria:
+				children = [c.tag.split('}')[-1] for c in xml.getchildren()]
+				try:
+					idx = children.index(tag)
+				except ValueError:
+					return False
+				xml = xml.getchildren()[idx]
 			return True
-		return False