diff --git a/tools/elog-gen.py b/tools/elog-gen.py
index 360ae11..0452489 100755
--- a/tools/elog-gen.py
+++ b/tools/elog-gen.py
@@ -56,17 +56,23 @@
     return True
 
 
+# Return the yaml files with their directory structure plus the file name
+# without the yaml extension, which will be used to set the namespaces.
+# Ex: file xyz/openbmc_project/Error/Callout/Device.errors.yaml
+# will have namespce xyz/openbmc_project/Error/Callout/Device
 def get_error_yaml_files(i_yaml_dir, i_test_dir):
     yaml_files = dict()
     if i_yaml_dir != "None":
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(i_yaml_dir):
             for files in filter(lambda file:
                                 file.endswith('.errors.yaml'), files):
-                splitdir = root.split(i_yaml_dir)[1]
+                splitdir = root.split(i_yaml_dir)[1] + "/" + files[:-12]
+                if splitdir.startswith("/"):
+                    splitdir = splitdir[1:]
                 yaml_files[(os.path.join(root, files))] = splitdir
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(i_test_dir):
         for files in filter(lambda file: file.endswith('.errors.yaml'), files):
-            splitdir = root.split(i_test_dir)[1]
+            splitdir = root.split(i_test_dir)[1] + "/" + files[:-12]
             yaml_files[(os.path.join(root, files))] = splitdir
     return yaml_files
 
@@ -114,7 +120,6 @@
     meta = dict()  # The meta data names associated (ERRNO, FILE_NAME, ...)
     meta_data = dict()  # The meta data info (type, format)
     parents = dict()
-    namespace = dict()
 
     error_yamls = get_error_yaml_files(i_yaml_dir, i_test_dir)
 
@@ -145,8 +150,7 @@
                        error_lvl,
                        meta,
                        meta_data,
-                       parents,
-                       namespace))
+                       parents))
 
     if(not check_error_inheritance(errors, parents)):
         print("Error - failed to validate error inheritance")
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@
     f.write(template.render(
             errors=errors, error_msg=error_msg,
             error_lvl=error_lvl, meta=meta,
-            meta_data=meta_data, error_namespace=namespace,
+            meta_data=meta_data,
             parents=parents))
     f.close()
 
@@ -181,8 +185,7 @@
     i_namespace                 namespace data
     o_elog_data                 error metadata
     """
-    errors, error_msg, error_lvl, meta, meta_data, parents, namespace = \
-        o_elog_data
+    errors, error_msg, error_lvl, meta, meta_data, parents = o_elog_data
     ifile = yaml.safe_load(open(i_elog_yaml))
     mfile = yaml.safe_load(open(i_elog_meta_yaml))
     for i in mfile:
@@ -196,19 +199,19 @@
             print("Error - Did not find meta data for " + i['name'])
             exit(1)
         # Grab the main error and it's info
-        errors.append(i['name'])
+        fullname = i_namespace.replace('/', '.') + ('.') + i['name']
+        errors.append(fullname)
         parent = None
         if('inherits' in i):
-            # xyz.openbmc.Foo, we need Foo
             # Get 0th inherited error (current support - single inheritance)
-            parent = i['inherits'][0].split(".").pop()
-        parents[i['name']] = parent
-        error_msg[i['name']] = match['description']
+            parent = i['inherits'][0]
+        parents[fullname] = parent
+        error_msg[fullname] = match['description']
         try:
-            error_lvl[i['name']] = i['level']
+            error_lvl[fullname] = i['level']
         except:
             print ("No level found for: " + i['name'] + ", using INFO")
-            error_lvl[i['name']] = "INFO"
+            error_lvl[fullname] = "INFO"
         tmp_meta = []
         # grab all the meta data fields and info
         for j in i['meta']:
@@ -218,8 +221,7 @@
             meta_data[str_short]['str'] = j['str']
             meta_data[str_short]['str_short'] = str_short
             meta_data[str_short]['type'] = get_cpp_type(j['type'])
-        meta[i['name']] = tmp_meta
-        namespace[i['name']] = i_namespace
+        meta[fullname] = tmp_meta
 
     # Debug
     # for i in errors:
diff --git a/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Bar.metadata.yaml b/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Bar.metadata.yaml
index bc7381a..c5c57ca 100644
--- a/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Bar.metadata.yaml
+++ b/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Bar.metadata.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
     - str: "BAR_DATA=%s"
       type: string
   inherits:
-    - Foo
+    - example.xyz.openbmc_project.Example.Foo.Foo
diff --git a/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Elog.metadata.yaml b/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Elog.metadata.yaml
index f0838e0..5b027e1 100644
--- a/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Elog.metadata.yaml
+++ b/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Elog.metadata.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     - str: FILE_NAME=%s
       type: string
   inherits:
-    - TestErrorTwo
+    - example.xyz.openbmc_project.Example.Elog.TestErrorTwo
 
 - name: TestErrorTwo
   level: ERR
diff --git a/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Foo.metadata.yaml b/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Foo.metadata.yaml
index 02963aa..5fe2f13 100644
--- a/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Foo.metadata.yaml
+++ b/tools/example/xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Foo.metadata.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
     - str: "FOO_DATA=%s"
       type: string
   inherits:
-    - example.xyz.openbmc_project.Example.TestErrorOne
+    - example.xyz.openbmc_project.Example.Elog.TestErrorOne
diff --git a/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/elog-gen-template.mako.hpp b/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/elog-gen-template.mako.hpp
index 097b865..181d4bd 100644
--- a/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/elog-gen-template.mako.hpp
+++ b/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/elog-gen-template.mako.hpp
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@
 
     % for index, name in enumerate(errors):
 <%
-    namespaces = error_namespace[name].split('/')
-    ## In case someone provided a error_namespace ending with '/', remove the
-    ## last split string, which would be an empty string.
-    if not namespaces[-1]:
-        namespaces = namespaces[:-1]
-    classname = name
+    ## Ex: name: xyz.openbmc_project.Error.Callout.Device
+    namespaces = name.split('.')
+    ## classname is the last name item (Device)
+    classname = namespaces[-1]
+    ## namespaces are all the name items except the last one
+    namespaces = namespaces[:-1]
 %>\
     % for s in namespaces:
 namespace ${s}
 {
     % endfor
+namespace Error
+{
 namespace _${classname}
 {
     % for b in meta[name]:
@@ -48,7 +50,13 @@
 
     parent = parents[name]
     while parent:
-        parent_meta += [parent + "::" + p for p in meta[parent]]
+        tmpparent = parent.split('.')
+        ## Name is the last item
+        parent_name = tmpparent[-1]
+        ## namespaces are all the name items except the last one
+        parent_namespace = '::'.join(tmpparent[:-1])
+        parent_meta += [parent_namespace + "::Error::" + parent_name + "::" +
+                        p for p in meta[parent]]
         parent_meta_short = ', '.join(meta[parent])
         meta_string = meta_string + ", " + parent_meta_short
         parent = parents[parent]
@@ -66,6 +74,8 @@
     % endfor
     using metadata_types = std::tuple<${meta_string}>;
 };
+
+} // namespace Error
 % for s in reversed(namespaces):
 } // namespace ${s}
 % endfor