diff --git a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx
index 296629fedeea..22307f4e52ae 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ namespace XPath
             throw XPathException();
         }
         xmlXPathFreeContext(xpathCtx);
-        Reference< XXPathObject > aObj(new CXPathObject(xpathObj));
+        Reference< XXPathObject > aObj(new CXPathObject(xpathObj, contextNode));
         return aObj;
     }
 
diff --git a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.cxx b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.cxx
index 3a68cfd34ce0..8d5343edbe97 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.cxx
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 namespace XPath
 {
-    CXPathObject::CXPathObject(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj)
-        : m_pXPathObj(xpathObj, xmlXPathFreeObject)
+    CXPathObject::CXPathObject(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj, const Reference< XNode >& contextNode)
+        : m_pXPathObj(xpathObj, xmlXPathFreeObject), m_xContextNode(contextNode)
     {
         switch (m_pXPathObj->type)
         {
diff --git a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.hxx b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.hxx
index 8e256bc8a994..348fae8e21e6 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.hxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathobject.hxx
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ namespace XPath
     {
     private:
     boost::shared_ptr<xmlXPathObject> m_pXPathObj;
+    const Reference< XNode > m_xContextNode;
     XPathObjectType m_xPathObjectType;
 
     public:
-    CXPathObject(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj);
+    CXPathObject(xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj, const Reference< XNode >& contextNode);
 
     /**
         get object type