diff --git a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/QName.java b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/QName.java
index 5a675c004ca..b6c0e68f8f2 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/QName.java
+++ b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/QName.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class QName implements Comparable<QName> {
     public static final QName TEXT_QNAME = EMPTY_QNAME;
     public static final QName COMMENT_QNAME = EMPTY_QNAME;
     public static final QName DOCTYPE_QNAME = EMPTY_QNAME;
-
+    public static final QName CDATA_SECTION_QNAME = EMPTY_QNAME;
 
     private final String localPart;
     private final String namespaceURI;
diff --git a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/persistent/StoredNode.java b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/persistent/StoredNode.java
index e48c60a9307..888b1ac6eea 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/persistent/StoredNode.java
+++ b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/dom/persistent/StoredNode.java
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ public QName getQName() {
                 return QName.COMMENT_QNAME;
             case Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE:
                 return QName.DOCTYPE_QNAME;
+            case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
+                return QName.CDATA_SECTION_QNAME;
             default:
                 LOG.error("Unknown node type: {}", getNodeType());
                 return null;