diff --git a/openerp/import_xml.rng b/openerp/import_xml.rng
index c4e27eb09c5..04922268e27 100644
--- a/openerp/import_xml.rng
+++ b/openerp/import_xml.rng
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@
                 <rng:group>
                     <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="inherit_id"/></rng:optional>
                     <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="inherit_option_id"/></rng:optional>
+                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="groups"/></rng:optional>
                 </rng:group>
                 <rng:optional>
                     <rng:attribute name="page"><rng:value>True</rng:value></rng:attribute>
diff --git a/openerp/tools/convert.py b/openerp/tools/convert.py
index f29c2596581..370b32d5b04 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/convert.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/convert.py
@@ -884,6 +884,10 @@ form: module.record_id""" % (xml_id,)
         for field_name in ('inherit_id','inherit_option_id'):
             value = el.attrib.pop(field_name, None)
             if value: record.append(Field(name=field_name, ref=value))
+        groups = el.attrib.pop('groups', None)
+        if groups:
+            grp_lst = map(lambda x: "ref('%s')" % x, groups.split(','))
+            record.append(Field(name="groups_id", eval="[(6, 0, ["+', '.join(grp_lst)+"])]"))
         if el.attrib.pop('page', None) == 'True':
             record.append(Field(name="page", eval="True"))