diff --git a/ext/nokolexbor/libxml/tree.h b/ext/nokolexbor/libxml/tree.h
index bd61fe0..8573257 100644
--- a/ext/nokolexbor/libxml/tree.h
+++ b/ext/nokolexbor/libxml/tree.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 static size_t tmp_len;
 #define NODE_NAME(node) lxb_dom_node_name_qualified((lxb_dom_node_t *)(node), &tmp_len)
-#define NODE_NS_HREF(node) ((node)->prefix ? lxb_ns_by_id((node)->owner_document->ns, (node)->ns, &tmp_len) : NULL)
+#define NODE_NS_HREF(node) (((node)->ns != 0 && (node)->ns != LXB_NS_HTML) ? lxb_ns_by_id((node)->owner_document->ns, (node)->ns, &tmp_len) : NULL)
 #define NODE_NS_PREFIX(node) lxb_ns_by_id((node)->owner_document->prefix, (node)->prefix, &tmp_len)
 
 /*
diff --git a/ext/nokolexbor/nl_node.c b/ext/nokolexbor/nl_node.c
index 28c7727..ee32848 100644
--- a/ext/nokolexbor/nl_node.c
+++ b/ext/nokolexbor/nl_node.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "nokolexbor.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "libxml/tree.h"
+#include <lexbor/ns/const.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -1202,6 +1203,70 @@ nl_node_path(VALUE self)
   return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the namespace of this Node
+ *
+ * @return [String] The namespace of this Node
+ */
+static VALUE
+nl_node_namespace_href(VALUE self)
+{
+  lxb_dom_node_t *node = nl_rb_node_unwrap(self);
+  /* ns == 0 means no namespace; LXB_NS_HTML is the implicit HTML namespace
+   * which we do not expose (matches Nokogiri::HTML behaviour) */
+  if (node->ns == 0 || node->ns == LXB_NS_HTML) return Qnil;
+  size_t len;
+  const lxb_char_t *href = lxb_ns_by_id(node->owner_document->ns, node->ns, &len);
+  if (href == NULL || href[0] == '\0') return Qnil;
+  return rb_utf8_str_new((const char *)href, len);
+}
+
+static VALUE
+nl_node_namespace_prefix(VALUE self)
+{
+  lxb_dom_node_t *node = nl_rb_node_unwrap(self);
+  if (node->prefix == 0) return Qnil;
+  const lxb_char_t *prefix = NODE_NS_PREFIX(node);
+  if (prefix == NULL || prefix[0] == '\0') return Qnil;
+  return rb_utf8_str_new((const char *)prefix, tmp_len);
+}
+
+static VALUE
+nl_node_namespace_definitions(VALUE self)
+{
+  lxb_dom_node_t *node = nl_rb_node_unwrap(self);
+  VALUE ary = rb_ary_new();
+
+  if (node->type != LXB_DOM_NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT) return ary;
+
+  VALUE rb_doc = nl_rb_document_get(self);
+  VALUE cNamespace = rb_const_get(mNokolexbor, rb_intern("Namespace"));
+
+  lxb_dom_attr_t *attr = lxb_dom_element_first_attribute(lxb_dom_interface_element(node));
+  while (attr != NULL) {
+    size_t name_len;
+    const lxb_char_t *name = lxb_dom_attr_qualified_name(attr, &name_len);
+    if (name_len >= 5 && strncmp((const char *)name, "xmlns", 5) == 0) {
+      size_t val_len;
+      const lxb_char_t *val = lxb_dom_attr_value(attr, &val_len);
+      VALUE rb_href = val ? rb_utf8_str_new((const char *)val, val_len) : rb_str_new("", 0);
+      VALUE rb_prefix;
+      if (name_len == 5) {
+        rb_prefix = Qnil;
+      } else if (name[5] == ':') {
+        rb_prefix = rb_utf8_str_new((const char *)name + 6, name_len - 6);
+      } else {
+        attr = attr->next;
+        continue;
+      }
+      VALUE ns = rb_funcall(cNamespace, rb_intern("new"), 3, rb_doc, rb_prefix, rb_href);
+      rb_ary_push(ary, ns);
+    }
+    attr = attr->next;
+  }
+  return ary;
+}
+
 static void
 free_css_parser(void *data)
 {
@@ -1270,6 +1335,9 @@ void Init_nl_node(void)
   rb_define_method(cNokolexborNode, "inspect", nl_node_inspect, -1);
   rb_define_method(cNokolexborNode, "source_location", nl_node_source_location, 0);
   rb_define_method(cNokolexborNode, "path", nl_node_path, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cNokolexborNode, "namespace_href", nl_node_namespace_href, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cNokolexborNode, "namespace_prefix", nl_node_namespace_prefix, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cNokolexborNode, "namespace_definitions", nl_node_namespace_definitions, 0);
 
   rb_define_alias(cNokolexborNode, "attr", "[]");
   rb_define_alias(cNokolexborNode, "get_attribute", "[]");
diff --git a/lib/nokolexbor.rb b/lib/nokolexbor.rb
index b10abda..580100f 100644
--- a/lib/nokolexbor.rb
+++ b/lib/nokolexbor.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 end
 
 require 'nokolexbor/version'
+require 'nokolexbor/namespace'
 require 'nokolexbor/node'
 require 'nokolexbor/document'
 require 'nokolexbor/node_set'
diff --git a/lib/nokolexbor/document.rb b/lib/nokolexbor/document.rb
index d136b00..b29382d 100644
--- a/lib/nokolexbor/document.rb
+++ b/lib/nokolexbor/document.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ def document
       self
     end
 
+    # Get the namespaces in scope on the root element.
+    #
+    # @return [Hash{String => String}]
+    def namespaces
+      root&.namespaces || {}
+    end
+
     # Get the meta tag encoding for this document. If there is no meta tag, nil is returned.
     #
     # @return [String]
diff --git a/lib/nokolexbor/namespace.rb b/lib/nokolexbor/namespace.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34644a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nokolexbor/namespace.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Nokolexbor
+  class Namespace
+    attr_reader :prefix, :href, :document
+
+    def initialize(document, prefix, href)
+      @document = document
+      @prefix = prefix
+      @href = href
+    end
+
+    def inspect
+      if prefix
+        "#<#{self.class.name} prefix=#{prefix.inspect} href=#{href.inspect}>"
+      else
+        "#<#{self.class.name} href=#{href.inspect}>"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/nokolexbor/node.rb b/lib/nokolexbor/node.rb
index c3d57f5..3035284 100644
--- a/lib/nokolexbor/node.rb
+++ b/lib/nokolexbor/node.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,52 @@ def document?
       is_a?(Nokolexbor::Document)
     end
 
+    # Get the {Namespace} of this node, or +nil+ if there is no namespace.
+    #
+    # @return [Namespace, nil]
+    def namespace
+      href = namespace_href
+      return nil if href.nil?
+      Nokolexbor::Namespace.new(document, namespace_prefix, href)
+    end
+
+    # Get the namespaces in scope for this node — those defined on the node
+    # itself and its ancestors.
+    #
+    # @return [Array<Namespace>]
+    def namespace_scopes
+      result = {}
+      node = self
+      while node && !node.document?
+        node.namespace_definitions.each do |ns|
+          result[ns.prefix] ||= ns
+        end
+        node = node.respond_to?(:parent) ? node.parent : nil
+      end
+      result.values
+    end
+
+    # Get the namespaces in scope for this node as a Hash.
+    #
+    # @return [Hash{String => String}] e.g. <tt>{"xmlns:foo" => "http://example.com"}</tt>
+    def namespaces
+      namespace_scopes.each_with_object({}) do |ns, hash|
+        key = ns.prefix ? "xmlns:#{ns.prefix}" : "xmlns"
+        hash[key] = ns.href
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Add a namespace definition to this node.
+    #
+    # @param prefix [String, nil] The namespace prefix, or +nil+ for the default namespace.
+    # @param href [String] The namespace URI.
+    # @return [Namespace]
+    def add_namespace_definition(prefix, href)
+      attr_name = prefix ? "xmlns:#{prefix}" : "xmlns"
+      set_attr(attr_name, href)
+      Nokolexbor::Namespace.new(document, prefix, href)
+    end
+
     # Get the path to this node as a CSS expression
     def css_path
       path.split(%r{/}).filter_map do |part|
@@ -764,8 +810,7 @@ def extract_params(params)
       end
       ns, binds = hashes.reverse
 
-      # ns ||= (document.root&.namespaces || {})
-      ns ||= {}
+      ns ||= (document.root&.namespaces || {})
 
       [params, handler, ns, binds]
     end
diff --git a/spec/node_spec.rb b/spec/node_spec.rb
index ce4f292..0de87ea 100644
--- a/spec/node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/node_spec.rb
@@ -1053,4 +1053,137 @@
     _(doc.at_css('.a').path).must_equal '/html/body/div/span/a[1]'
     _(doc.at_css('.b').path).must_equal '/html/body/div/span/a[2]'
   end
+
+  describe 'namespace' do
+    it 'returns nil for plain HTML elements' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      _(doc.at_css('div').namespace).must_be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'returns Namespace for SVG elements' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<html><body><svg><circle/></svg></body></html>')
+      svg = doc.at_css('svg')
+      ns = svg.namespace
+      _(ns).must_be_instance_of Nokolexbor::Namespace
+      _(ns.href).must_equal 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'
+      _(ns.prefix).must_be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'SVG children inherit SVG namespace' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<html><body><svg><circle/></svg></body></html>')
+      circle = doc.at_css('circle')
+      _(circle.namespace_href).must_equal 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'
+    end
+
+    it 'returns Namespace for MathML elements' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<html><body><math><mi>x</mi></math></body></html>')
+      math = doc.at_css('math')
+      ns = math.namespace
+      _(ns).must_be_instance_of Nokolexbor::Namespace
+      _(ns.href).must_equal 'http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'namespace_definitions' do
+    it 'returns empty array for node without xmlns attributes' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      _(doc.at_css('div').namespace_definitions).must_equal []
+    end
+
+    it 'returns Namespace objects for xmlns:prefix attributes' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div xmlns:foo="http://example.com/foo"><span></span></div>')
+      defs = doc.at_css('div').namespace_definitions
+      _(defs.size).must_equal 1
+      _(defs.first).must_be_instance_of Nokolexbor::Namespace
+      _(defs.first.prefix).must_equal 'foo'
+      _(defs.first.href).must_equal 'http://example.com/foo'
+    end
+
+    it 'returns Namespace with nil prefix for default xmlns attribute' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div xmlns="http://example.com/default"></div>')
+      defs = doc.at_css('div').namespace_definitions
+      _(defs.size).must_equal 1
+      _(defs.first.prefix).must_be_nil
+      _(defs.first.href).must_equal 'http://example.com/default'
+    end
+
+    it 'returns empty array for non-element nodes' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div>text</div>')
+      _(doc.at_css('div').children.first.namespace_definitions).must_equal []
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'namespaces' do
+    it 'returns empty hash for plain node' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      _(doc.at_css('div').namespaces).must_equal({})
+    end
+
+    it 'returns hash with xmlns: keys for prefixed namespaces' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div xmlns:foo="http://example.com/foo"></div>')
+      _(doc.at_css('div').namespaces).must_equal('xmlns:foo' => 'http://example.com/foo')
+    end
+
+    it 'returns xmlns key for default namespace' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div xmlns="http://example.com/default"></div>')
+      _(doc.at_css('div').namespaces).must_equal('xmlns' => 'http://example.com/default')
+    end
+
+    it 'includes ancestor namespaces' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div xmlns:foo="http://example.com/foo"><span xmlns:bar="http://example.com/bar"></span></div>')
+      ns = doc.at_css('span').namespaces
+      _(ns['xmlns:foo']).must_equal 'http://example.com/foo'
+      _(ns['xmlns:bar']).must_equal 'http://example.com/bar'
+    end
+
+    it 'child namespace does not override ancestor namespace with same prefix' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div xmlns:foo="http://ancestor.com"><span xmlns:foo="http://child.com"></span></div>')
+      ns = doc.at_css('span').namespaces
+      _(ns['xmlns:foo']).must_equal 'http://child.com'
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'add_namespace_definition' do
+    it 'adds xmlns attribute and returns Namespace object' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      node = doc.at_css('div')
+      ns = node.add_namespace_definition('foo', 'http://example.com/foo')
+      _(ns).must_be_instance_of Nokolexbor::Namespace
+      _(ns.prefix).must_equal 'foo'
+      _(ns.href).must_equal 'http://example.com/foo'
+      _(node['xmlns:foo']).must_equal 'http://example.com/foo'
+    end
+
+    it 'adds default namespace with nil prefix' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      node = doc.at_css('div')
+      ns = node.add_namespace_definition(nil, 'http://example.com/default')
+      _(ns.prefix).must_be_nil
+      _(node['xmlns']).must_equal 'http://example.com/default'
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'Namespace class' do
+    it 'has prefix, href and document' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      ns = Nokolexbor::Namespace.new(doc, 'foo', 'http://example.com')
+      _(ns.prefix).must_equal 'foo'
+      _(ns.href).must_equal 'http://example.com'
+      _(ns.document).must_equal doc
+    end
+
+    it 'inspect includes prefix and href' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      ns = Nokolexbor::Namespace.new(doc, 'foo', 'http://example.com')
+      _(ns.inspect).must_include 'prefix="foo"'
+      _(ns.inspect).must_include 'href="http://example.com"'
+    end
+
+    it 'inspect without prefix' do
+      doc = Nokolexbor::HTML('<div></div>')
+      ns = Nokolexbor::Namespace.new(doc, nil, 'http://example.com')
+      _(ns.inspect).wont_include 'prefix'
+      _(ns.inspect).must_include 'href="http://example.com"'
+    end
+  end
 end
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