diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 98889a35..32018317 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ include tests/org.bitbucket.tickytacky.mirrormirror_2.apk
 include tests/org.bitbucket.tickytacky.mirrormirror_3.apk
 include tests/org.bitbucket.tickytacky.mirrormirror_4.apk
 include tests/org.dyndns.fules.ck_20.apk
+include tests/org.sajeg.fallingblocks_3.apk
 include tests/publish.TestCase
 include tests/repo/categories.txt
 include tests/repo/com.example.test.helloworld_1.apk
diff --git a/fdroidserver/update.py b/fdroidserver/update.py
index 06dd762f..222587a9 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/update.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/update.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import json
 import time
 import yaml
 import copy
+import defusedxml.ElementTree as ElementTree
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -1394,13 +1395,16 @@ def scan_apk_androguard(apk, apkfile):
         apk['nativecode'].extend(sorted(list(arch)))
 
     for item in xml.findall('uses-permission'):
-        name = str(item.attrib[xmlns + 'name'])
+        name = item.attrib.get(xmlns + 'name')
+        if not name:
+            logging.debug(
+                _('Ignoring bad element in manifest: %s')
+                % ElementTree.tostring(item).decode()
+            )
+            continue
         maxSdkVersion = item.attrib.get(xmlns + 'maxSdkVersion')
         maxSdkVersion = int(maxSdkVersion) if maxSdkVersion else None
-        permission = UsesPermission(
-            name,
-            maxSdkVersion
-        )
+        permission = UsesPermission(str(name), maxSdkVersion)
         apk['uses-permission'].append(permission)
     for name, maxSdkVersion in apkobject.get_uses_implied_permission_list():
         permission = UsesPermission(
@@ -1410,20 +1414,26 @@ def scan_apk_androguard(apk, apkfile):
         apk['uses-permission'].append(permission)
 
     for item in xml.findall('uses-permission-sdk-23'):
-        name = str(item.attrib[xmlns + 'name'])
+        name = item.attrib.get(xmlns + 'name')
+        if not name:
+            logging.debug(
+                _('Ignoring bad element in manifest: %s')
+                % ElementTree.tostring(item).decode()
+            )
+            continue
         maxSdkVersion = item.attrib.get(xmlns + 'maxSdkVersion')
         maxSdkVersion = int(maxSdkVersion) if maxSdkVersion else None
-        permission_sdk_23 = UsesPermissionSdk23(
-            name,
-            maxSdkVersion
-        )
+        permission_sdk_23 = UsesPermissionSdk23(str(name), maxSdkVersion)
         apk['uses-permission-sdk-23'].append(permission_sdk_23)
 
     for item in xml.findall('uses-feature'):
-        key = xmlns + 'name'
-        if key not in item.attrib:
+        feature = str(item.attrib.get(xmlns + 'name', ''))
+        if not feature:
+            logging.debug(
+                _('Ignoring bad element in manifest: %s')
+                % ElementTree.tostring(item).decode()
+            )
             continue
-        feature = str(item.attrib[key])
         if feature not in (
             'android.hardware.screen.portrait',
             'android.hardware.screen.landscape',
diff --git a/tests/org.sajeg.fallingblocks_3.apk b/tests/org.sajeg.fallingblocks_3.apk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98bfe770
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/org.sajeg.fallingblocks_3.apk differ
diff --git a/tests/update.TestCase b/tests/update.TestCase
index 0a102dfd..b3234711 100755
--- a/tests/update.TestCase
+++ b/tests/update.TestCase
@@ -900,6 +900,29 @@ class UpdateTest(unittest.TestCase):
             shutil.copy(os.path.join(self.basedir, os.path.basename(apkfile)), apkfile)
             fdroidserver.update.scan_apk(apkfile)
 
+    def test_scan_apk_bad_namespace_in_manifest(self):
+        """Some APKs can produce an exception when parsing the AndroidManifest.xml
+
+        This kind of parsing exception should be reported then ignored
+        so that working APKs can be included in the index.  There are
+        so many weird things that make it into APKs, that does not
+        automatically disqualify them from inclusion.
+
+        This APK has <uses-permission> elements with messed up namespaces:
+        <uses-permission xmlns:n1="android" n1:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
+
+        """
+        # reset the state, perhaps this should be in setUp()
+        config = dict()
+        fdroidserver.common.fill_config_defaults(config)
+        fdroidserver.common.config = config
+        fdroidserver.update.config = config
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir, TmpCwd(tmpdir):
+            os.mkdir('repo')
+            apkfile = 'repo/org.sajeg.fallingblocks_3.apk'
+            shutil.copy(os.path.join(self.basedir, os.path.basename(apkfile)), apkfile)
+            fdroidserver.update.scan_apk(apkfile)
+
     def test_process_apk(self):
         def _build_yaml_representer(dumper, data):
             '''Creates a YAML representation of a Build instance'''