diff --git a/bin/import_xml.rng b/bin/import_xml.rng
index 27c2f959cab..5072df581de 100644
--- a/bin/import_xml.rng
+++ b/bin/import_xml.rng
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
             <rng:attribute name="string"/>
             <rng:attribute name="model"/>
             <rng:attribute name="name"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="report_type"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="multi"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="menu"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="keyword"/></rng:optional>
diff --git a/bin/tools/convert.py b/bin/tools/convert.py
index 0efac6ed082..c855b566ad0 100644
--- a/bin/tools/convert.py
+++ b/bin/tools/convert.py
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ form: module.record_id""" % (xml_id,)
             res['report_sxw_content'] = sxw_content
         if rec.hasAttribute('header'):
             res['header'] = eval(rec.getAttribute('header'))
+        if rec.hasAttribute('report_type'):
+            res['report_type'] = rec.getAttribute('report_type')
         res['multi'] = rec.hasAttribute('multi') and  eval(rec.getAttribute('multi'))
         xml_id = rec.getAttribute('id').encode('utf8')
         self._test_xml_id(xml_id)