diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
index 00aa2bfc6be..dc732a13f87 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
@@ -978,13 +978,19 @@ bool QgsWFSProvider::deleteFeatures( const QgsFeatureIds &id )
 
 bool QgsWFSProvider::changeGeometryValues( const QgsGeometryMap &geometry_map )
 {
-  //find out typename from uri and strip namespace prefix
+  //find out typename from uri
   QString tname = mShared->mURI.typeName();
   if ( tname.isNull() )
   {
     return false;
   }
 
+  QString namespacePrefix = QgsWFSUtils::nameSpacePrefix( tname );
+  if ( !namespacePrefix.isEmpty() )
+  {
+    namespacePrefix += ':';
+  }
+
   //create <Transaction> xml
   QDomDocument transactionDoc;
   QDomElement transactionElem = createTransactionElement( transactionDoc );
@@ -1004,7 +1010,7 @@ bool QgsWFSProvider::changeGeometryValues( const QgsGeometryMap &geometry_map )
     //Property
     QDomElement propertyElem = transactionDoc.createElementNS( QgsWFSConstants::WFS_NAMESPACE, QStringLiteral( "Property" ) );
     QDomElement nameElem = transactionDoc.createElementNS( QgsWFSConstants::WFS_NAMESPACE, QStringLiteral( "Name" ) );
-    QDomText nameText = transactionDoc.createTextNode( mShared->mGeometryAttribute );
+    QDomText nameText = transactionDoc.createTextNode( namespacePrefix + mShared->mGeometryAttribute );
     nameElem.appendChild( nameText );
     propertyElem.appendChild( nameElem );
     QDomElement valueElem = transactionDoc.createElementNS( QgsWFSConstants::WFS_NAMESPACE, QStringLiteral( "Value" ) );
@@ -1065,13 +1071,19 @@ QString QgsWFSProvider::convertToXML( const QVariant &value )
 
 bool QgsWFSProvider::changeAttributeValues( const QgsChangedAttributesMap &attr_map )
 {
-  //find out typename from uri and strip namespace prefix
+  //find out typename from uri
   QString tname = mShared->mURI.typeName();
   if ( tname.isNull() )
   {
     return false;
   }
 
+  QString namespacePrefix = QgsWFSUtils::nameSpacePrefix( tname );
+  if ( !namespacePrefix.isEmpty() )
+  {
+    namespacePrefix += ':';
+  }
+
   //create <Transaction> xml
   QDomDocument transactionDoc;
   QDomElement transactionElem = createTransactionElement( transactionDoc );
@@ -1097,7 +1109,7 @@ bool QgsWFSProvider::changeAttributeValues( const QgsChangedAttributesMap &attr_
       QDomElement propertyElem = transactionDoc.createElementNS( QgsWFSConstants::WFS_NAMESPACE, QStringLiteral( "Property" ) );
 
       QDomElement nameElem = transactionDoc.createElementNS( QgsWFSConstants::WFS_NAMESPACE, QStringLiteral( "Name" ) );
-      QDomText nameText = transactionDoc.createTextNode( fieldName );
+      QDomText nameText = transactionDoc.createTextNode( namespacePrefix + fieldName );
       nameElem.appendChild( nameText );
       propertyElem.appendChild( nameElem );
 
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py
index da438d37603..8228a7c7ff2 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py
@@ -877,13 +877,13 @@ class TestPyQgsWFSProvider(unittest.TestCase, ProviderTestCase):
 </wfs:WFS_TransactionResponse>
 """
         # Qt 4 order
-        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0.0" service="WFS" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">geometryProperty</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:coordinates cs="," ts=" ">3,50</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
+        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0.0" service="WFS" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:geometryProperty</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:coordinates cs="," ts=" ">3,50</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(content.encode('UTF-8'))
 
         # Qt 5 order
-        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" service="WFS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" version="1.0.0"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">geometryProperty</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:coordinates cs="," ts=" ">3,50</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
+        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" service="WFS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" version="1.0.0"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:geometryProperty</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:coordinates cs="," ts=" ">3,50</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(content.encode('UTF-8'))
-        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" version="1.0.0" service="WFS"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">geometryProperty</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:coordinates cs="," ts=" ">3,50</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
+        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" version="1.0.0" service="WFS"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:geometryProperty</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:coordinates cs="," ts=" ">3,50</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(content.encode('UTF-8'))
 
         self.assertTrue(vl.dataProvider().changeGeometryValues({1: QgsGeometry.fromWkt('Point (3 50)')}))
@@ -915,12 +915,12 @@ class TestPyQgsWFSProvider(unittest.TestCase, ProviderTestCase):
 </wfs:WFS_TransactionResponse>
 """
         # Qt 4 order
-        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0.0" service="WFS" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">intfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">longfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">3</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">stringfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">bar</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">datetimefield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2015-04-10T12:34:56.789Z</Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
+        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0.0" service="WFS" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:intfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:longfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">3</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:stringfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">bar</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:datetimefield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2015-04-10T12:34:56.789Z</Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(content.encode('UTF-8'))
         # Qt 5 order
-        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" service="WFS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" version="1.0.0"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">intfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">longfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">3</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">stringfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">bar</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">datetimefield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2015-04-10T12:34:56.789Z</Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
+        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" service="WFS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" version="1.0.0"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:intfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:longfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">3</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:stringfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">bar</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:datetimefield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2015-04-10T12:34:56.789Z</Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(content.encode('UTF-8'))
-        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" version="1.0.0" service="WFS"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">intfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">longfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">3</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">stringfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">bar</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">datetimefield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2015-04-10T12:34:56.789Z</Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
+        with open(sanitize(endpoint, '?SERVICE=WFS&POSTDATA=<Transaction xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xsi:schemaLocation="http://my http://fake_qgis_http_endpoint?REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&amp;VERSION=1.0.0&amp;TYPENAME=my:typename" xmlns:my="http://my" version="1.0.0" service="WFS"><Update xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="my:typename"><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:intfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:longfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">3</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:stringfield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">bar</Value></Property><Property xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"><Name xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">my:datetimefield</Name><Value xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">2015-04-10T12:34:56.789Z</Value></Property><Filter xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"><FeatureId xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" fid="typename.1"/></Filter></Update></Transaction>'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(content.encode('UTF-8'))
 
         self.assertTrue(vl.dataProvider().changeAttributeValues({1: {0: 2, 1: 3, 2: "bar", 3: QDateTime(2015, 4, 10, 12, 34, 56, 789, Qt.TimeSpec(Qt.UTC))}}))