diff --git a/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.cpp b/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.cpp
index cf3d2a82..cad48bb8 100644
--- a/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.cpp
+++ b/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 
 #include <SAX/ParserConfig.h>
 
+#ifndef XERCES_HAS_CPP_NAMESPACE
+#pragma message("No XERCES namespace")
+#else
+#pragma message("XERCES namespace defined")
+#endif
+
 namespace SAX
 {
 
diff --git a/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.h b/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.h
index a8d5effe..97befaa1 100644
--- a/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.h
+++ b/SAX/wrappers/saxxerces.h
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@
 #include <xercesc/util/Janitor.hpp>
 
 #ifndef XERCES_HAS_CPP_NAMESPACE
-#pragma message("No XERCES namespace")
 #define XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE
 #endif
 
-
 namespace SAX
 {