diff --git a/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/tools/ResolvingXMLReader.java b/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/tools/ResolvingXMLReader.java
index df5315b..c000ea1 100644
--- a/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/tools/ResolvingXMLReader.java
+++ b/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/tools/ResolvingXMLReader.java
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ import org.apache.xml.resolver.*;
  * @version 1.0
  */
 public class ResolvingXMLReader extends ResolvingXMLFilter {
+  /** Make the parser Namespace aware? */
+  public static boolean namespaceAware = true;
+
+  /** Make the parser validating? */
+  public static boolean validating = false;
+
   /**
    * Construct a new reader from the JAXP factory.
    *
@@ -89,6 +95,8 @@ public class ResolvingXMLReader extends ResolvingXMLFilter {
   public ResolvingXMLReader() {
     super();
     SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+    spf.setNamespaceAware(namespaceAware);
+    spf.setValidating(validating);
     try {
       SAXParser parser = spf.newSAXParser();
       setParent(parser.getXMLReader());
@@ -107,6 +115,8 @@ public class ResolvingXMLReader extends ResolvingXMLFilter {
   public ResolvingXMLReader(CatalogManager manager) {
     super(manager);
     SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+    spf.setNamespaceAware(namespaceAware);
+    spf.setValidating(validating);
     try {
       SAXParser parser = spf.newSAXParser();
       setParent(parser.getXMLReader());