diff --git a/lib/savon/soap/fault.rb b/lib/savon/soap/fault.rb
index 7da5a433..421c6287 100644
--- a/lib/savon/soap/fault.rb
+++ b/lib/savon/soap/fault.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def initialize(http)
 
       # Returns whether a SOAP fault is present.
       def present?
-        @present ||= http.body =~ /<soap:Fault>/
+        @present ||= http.body =~ /<(.+:)?Body>(\s*)<(.+:)?Fault>/
       end
 
       # Returns the SOAP fault message.
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/response/response_fixture.rb b/spec/fixtures/response/response_fixture.rb
index 55c55020..f36d73d3 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/response/response_fixture.rb
+++ b/spec/fixtures/response/response_fixture.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ def soap_fault12
       @soap_fault12 ||= load_fixture :soap_fault12
     end
 
+    def another_soap_fault
+      @another_soap_fault ||= load_fixture :another_soap_fault
+    end
+
     def multi_ref
       @multi_ref ||= load_fixture :multi_ref
     end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/response/xml/another_soap_fault.xml b/spec/fixtures/response/xml/another_soap_fault.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d70d250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/response/xml/another_soap_fault.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+  xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
+  xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
+    <SOAP-ENV:Fault>
+      <faultcode>ERR_NO_SESSION</faultcode>
+      <faultfactor>doGetItemsInfo - Wrong session</faultfactor>
+      <faultstring>Wrong session message</faultstring>
+      <detail><soapVal><ERRNO xsi:type="xsd:string">80:1289245853:55</ERRNO></soapVal></detail>
+    </SOAP-ENV:Fault>
+  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
diff --git a/spec/savon/soap/fault_spec.rb b/spec/savon/soap/fault_spec.rb
index 3011840c..10ec3646 100644
--- a/spec/savon/soap/fault_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/savon/soap/fault_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 describe Savon::SOAP::Fault do
   let(:soap_fault) { Savon::SOAP::Fault.new new_response(:body => ResponseFixture.soap_fault) }
   let(:soap_fault2) { Savon::SOAP::Fault.new new_response(:body => ResponseFixture.soap_fault12) }
+  let(:another_soap_fault) { Savon::SOAP::Fault.new new_response(:body => ResponseFixture.another_soap_fault) }
   let(:no_fault) { Savon::SOAP::Fault.new new_response }
 
   it "should be a Savon::Error" do
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@
       soap_fault2.should be_present
     end
 
+    it "should return true if the HTTP response contains a SOAP fault with different namespaces" do
+      another_soap_fault.should be_present
+    end
+
     it "should return false unless the HTTP response contains a SOAP fault" do
       no_fault.should_not be_present
     end
@@ -42,6 +47,10 @@
       it "should return a SOAP 1.2 fault message" do
         soap_fault2.send(method).should == "(soap:Sender) Sender Timeout"
       end
+
+      it "should return a SOAP fault message (with different namespaces)" do
+        another_soap_fault.send(method).should == "(ERR_NO_SESSION) Wrong session message"
+      end
     end
   end