--- cElementTree-1.0.5-20051216/cElementTree.c	2005-12-16 13:57:47.000000000 -0800
+++ cElementTree.c	2010-04-30 15:14:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -2176,9 +2176,10 @@
 
     PyObject* target = NULL;
     char* encoding = NULL;
-    static PY_CONST char* kwlist[] = { "target", "encoding", NULL };
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|Oz:XMLParser", kwlist,
-                                     &target, &encoding))
+    char* namespace_separator = "}";
+    static PY_CONST char* kwlist[] = { "target", "encoding", "namespace_separator", NULL };
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|Ozz:XMLParser", kwlist,
+                                     &target, &encoding, &namespace_separator))
         return NULL;
 
 #if defined(USE_PYEXPAT_CAPI)
@@ -2210,7 +2211,7 @@
     memory_handler.realloc_fcn = PyObject_Realloc;
     memory_handler.free_fcn = PyObject_Free;
 
-    self->parser = EXPAT(ParserCreate_MM)(encoding, &memory_handler, "}");
+    self->parser = EXPAT(ParserCreate_MM)(encoding, &memory_handler, namespace_separator);
     if (!self->parser) {
         PyErr_NoMemory();
         return NULL; /* FIXME: cleanup on error */