diff --git a/lib/soap-client.js b/lib/soap-client.js
index 35763f5..ff684be 100644
--- a/lib/soap-client.js
+++ b/lib/soap-client.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ SoapClient.prototype.resolveComplexType = function( typeName, doc, typeNamespace
 }
 
 SoapClient.prototype.lookupComplexType = function( typeName, doc, typeNamespace ){
-    var paramSequenceLookup = "//xmlns:complexType[@name='"+typeName+"']/xmlns:sequence/xmlns:element";
+    var paramSequenceLookup = "//xmlns:*[@name='"+typeName+"']//xmlns:sequence/xmlns:element";
     paramSequence = doc.find(paramSequenceLookup, typeNamespace);
     return paramSequence;
 }