diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp
index cbb652ed9a1a2..1d122db9990fc 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<XmlResource> Inflate(const void* data, size_t data_len, IDiagnos
     switch (code) {
       case ResXMLParser::START_NAMESPACE: {
         NamespaceDecl decl;
+        decl.line_number = tree.getLineNumber();
+
         size_t len;
         const char16_t* str16 = tree.getNamespacePrefix(&len);
         if (str16) {
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<XmlResource> Inflate(const void* data, size_t data_len, IDiagnos
         if (pending_element == nullptr) {
           pending_element = util::make_unique<Element>();
         }
+        pending_element->namespace_decls.push_back(std::move(decl));
         break;
       }
 
@@ -297,8 +300,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<XmlResource> Inflate(const void* data, size_t data_len, IDiagnos
           el = std::move(pending_element);
         } else {
           el = util::make_unique<Element>();
-          ;
         }
+        el->line_number = tree.getLineNumber();
 
         size_t len;
         const char16_t* str16 = tree.getElementNamespace(&len);
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom_test.cpp
index 6ed2d616f7828..b501cfd4b8b98 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom_test.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "flatten/XmlFlattener.h"
 #include "io/StringInputStream.h"
 #include "test/Test.h"
 
@@ -51,6 +52,36 @@ TEST(XmlDomTest, Inflate) {
   EXPECT_THAT(el->namespace_decls[0].prefix, StrEq("android"));
 }
 
+TEST(XmlDomTest, BinaryInflate) {
+  std::unique_ptr<IAaptContext> context = test::ContextBuilder().Build();
+  std::unique_ptr<XmlResource> doc = util::make_unique<XmlResource>();
+  doc->root = util::make_unique<Element>();
+  doc->root->name = "Layout";
+  doc->root->line_number = 2u;
+
+  NamespaceDecl decl;
+  decl.uri = kSchemaAndroid;
+  decl.prefix = "android";
+  decl.line_number = 2u;
+  doc->root->namespace_decls.push_back(decl);
+
+  BigBuffer buffer(4096);
+  XmlFlattener flattener(&buffer, {});
+  ASSERT_TRUE(flattener.Consume(context.get(), doc.get()));
+
+  auto block = util::Copy(buffer);
+  std::unique_ptr<XmlResource> new_doc =
+      Inflate(block.get(), buffer.size(), context->GetDiagnostics(), Source("test.xml"));
+  ASSERT_THAT(new_doc, NotNull());
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(new_doc->root->name, StrEq("Layout"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(new_doc->root->line_number, Eq(2u));
+  ASSERT_THAT(new_doc->root->namespace_decls, SizeIs(1u));
+  EXPECT_THAT(new_doc->root->namespace_decls[0].uri, StrEq(kSchemaAndroid));
+  EXPECT_THAT(new_doc->root->namespace_decls[0].prefix, StrEq("android"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(new_doc->root->namespace_decls[0].line_number, Eq(2u));
+}
+
 // Escaping is handled after parsing of the values for resource-specific values.
 TEST(XmlDomTest, ForwardEscapes) {
   std::unique_ptr<XmlResource> doc = test::BuildXmlDom(R"(