diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
index 2c7a861d..61dbf5bc 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
@@ -1160,6 +1160,32 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
       ""role"": ""Admin1""
     }
   }
+}";
+            StringAssert.AreEqual(expected, arrayJsonText);
+
+            arrayXml = @"<root>
+			  <person id=""1"">
+				  <name>Alan</name>
+				  <url>http://www.google.com</url>
+				  <role json:Array=""true"" xmlns:json=""http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json"">Admin</role>
+			  </person>
+			</root>";
+
+            arrayDoc = new XmlDocument();
+            arrayDoc.LoadXml(arrayXml);
+
+            arrayJsonText = SerializeXmlNode(arrayDoc);
+            expected = @"{
+  ""root"": {
+    ""person"": {
+      ""@id"": ""1"",
+      ""name"": ""Alan"",
+      ""url"": ""http://www.google.com"",
+      ""role"": [
+        ""Admin""
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }";
             StringAssert.AreEqual(expected, arrayJsonText);
         }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index 6775bbb1..89f8da61 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -2232,6 +2232,30 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
         {
             foreach (IXmlNode xmlNode in c)
             {
+#if HAVE_XML_DOCUMENT
+                // ignores the attribute if it is the declaration of namespace "JsonNamespaceUri"
+                var xmlAttribute = xmlNode.WrappedNode as XmlAttribute;
+
+                if (xmlAttribute != null &&
+                    xmlAttribute.Prefix.Equals("xmlns", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && 
+                    xmlAttribute.Value == JsonNamespaceUri)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_XLINQ
+                // ignores the attribute if it is the declaration of namespace "JsonNamespaceUri"
+                var xAttribute = xmlNode.WrappedNode as XAttribute;
+
+                if (xAttribute != null &&
+                    xAttribute.IsNamespaceDeclaration &&
+                    xAttribute.Value == JsonNamespaceUri)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+#endif
+
                 if (xmlNode.NamespaceUri != JsonNamespaceUri)
                 {
                     return true;