diff --git a/linkml_runtime/dumpers/rdflib_dumper.py b/linkml_runtime/dumpers/rdflib_dumper.py
index 1f0ce932..758edaff 100644
--- a/linkml_runtime/dumpers/rdflib_dumper.py
+++ b/linkml_runtime/dumpers/rdflib_dumper.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import urllib
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
+import rdflib
 from curies import Converter
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from rdflib import XSD, Graph, URIRef
diff --git a/linkml_runtime/utils/schemaview.py b/linkml_runtime/utils/schemaview.py
index f3ee0036..f1fd6f0f 100644
--- a/linkml_runtime/utils/schemaview.py
+++ b/linkml_runtime/utils/schemaview.py
@@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ class SchemaView:
 
     This class utilizes caching for efficient lookup operations.
 
-    TODO: decide how to use this in conjunction with the existing schemaloader, which injects
-    into the schema rather than providing dynamic methods.
-
     See:
      - https://github.com/linkml/linkml/issues/59
      - https://github.com/linkml/linkml/discussions/144
diff --git a/tests/test_issues/input/linkml_issue_1041.yaml b/tests/test_issues/input/linkml_issue_1041.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..316fcfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_issues/input/linkml_issue_1041.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+id: https://w3id.org/linkml/examples/personinfo
+name: personinfo
+prefixes:
+  linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
+imports:
+  - linkml:types
+default_range: string
+
+classes:
+  Person:
+    attributes:
+      id:  ## note: default range is string, NOT an identifier
+      full_name:
+      aliases:
+      phone:
+      age:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_issues/test_linkml_issue_1041.py b/tests/test_issues/test_linkml_issue_1041.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dafc9298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_issues/test_linkml_issue_1041.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from rdflib import RDF, URIRef
+
+from linkml_runtime.dumpers import rdflib_dumper
+from linkml_runtime.utils.schemaview import SchemaView
+
+from tests.test_issues.environment import env
+from tests.test_issues.models.linkml_issue_1041 import Person
+
+
+class Issue1041TestCase(TestCase):
+    """
+    https://github.com/linkml/linkml/issues/1041
+    """
+
+    env = env
+
+    def test_issue_default_prefix(self):
+        view = SchemaView(env.input_path("linkml_issue_1041.yaml"))
+        uri = view.get_uri(view.get_class("Person"), expand=True)
+        person_uri = "https://w3id.org/linkml/examples/personinfo/Person"
+        self.assertEqual(uri, person_uri)
+        p = Person(id="ORCID:1234", full_name="Clark Kent", age="32", phone="555-555-5555")
+        g = rdflib_dumper.as_rdf_graph(p, view)
+        bnodes = g.subjects(RDF.type, URIRef(person_uri))
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(bnodes)))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()