diff --git a/contrib/check-source/find-empty-inlines.xsl b/contrib/check-source/find-empty-inlines.xsl
index 6de951abc..c2b329d40 100644
--- a/contrib/check-source/find-empty-inlines.xsl
+++ b/contrib/check-source/find-empty-inlines.xsl
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
      Find empty inline elements in our sources.
      These elements cause layout issues in HTML.
 
+   Parameters:
+     prefix:  the prefix to use for the output XPath (default "d")
+              (without the colon)
+
    Input:
      DocBook 5 document
 
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@
   <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
   <xsl:preserve-space elements="d:screen d:programlisting"/>
 
+<!--  <xsl:param name="prefix">d</xsl:param>-->
+
 
   <xsl:template name="error">
     <xsl:param name="node" select="."/>
@@ -48,7 +54,9 @@
       select="concat('[', $level, '] ', $msg, ' Element &lt;', local-name($node), '>')"
        /> located near id=<xsl:value-of
         select="$id"/>, title=<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($title)"/>
-        XPath=<xsl:call-template name="xpath.location"/>
+        XPath=<xsl:call-template name="xpath.location">
+          <xsl:with-param name="prefix" select="$prefix"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:message>
   </xsl:template>
 
diff --git a/daps-xslt/common/xpath.location.xsl b/daps-xslt/common/xpath.location.xsl
index 97731b5c0..13f902b56 100644
--- a/daps-xslt/common/xpath.location.xsl
+++ b/daps-xslt/common/xpath.location.xsl
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
      Returns the XPath of a node, including predicates if needed
 
    Parameters:
-     None
+     prefix:  the prefix to use for the output XPath (default "d")
+              (without the colon)
 
    Dependencies:
      None
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@
    Original template from http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/lib/lib.xsl
 --> 
 
+    <xsl:param name="prefix">d</xsl:param>
+
     <xsl:template name="xpath.location">
+        <xsl:param name="prefix" select="$prefix"/>
         <xsl:param name="node" select="."/>
         <xsl:param name="path" select="''"/>
 
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@
             select="count($node/preceding-sibling::*[name(.) = name($node)])"/>
 
         <xsl:variable name="next.path">
+            <xsl:if test="$prefix != ''"><xsl:value-of select="concat($prefix, ':')"/></xsl:if>
             <xsl:value-of select="local-name($node)"/>
             <xsl:if test="$path != ''">
                 <xsl:if test="$prec-sib >0">
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="$node/parent::*">
                 <xsl:call-template name="xpath.location">
+                    <xsl:with-param name="prefix" select="$prefix"/>
                     <xsl:with-param name="node" select="$node/parent::*"/>
                     <xsl:with-param name="path" select="$next.path"/>
                 </xsl:call-template>