diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
index f7eaa0e3531..35460a2faeb 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ def attr_get(node, attrs, dict={}):
                 res[key] = bool_get(node.getAttribute(key))
             elif dict[key]=='int':
                 res[key] = int(node.getAttribute(key))
+            elif dict[key]=='unit':
+                res[key] = unit_get(node.getAttribute(name))
     return res
 
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