diff --git a/openerp/tools/config.py b/openerp/tools/config.py
index 63c08bd3760..00815ed2055 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/config.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/config.py
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
                 p.set('options', opt, self.options[opt])
 
         for sec in sorted(self.misc.keys()):
+            p.add_section(sec)
             for opt in sorted(self.misc[sec].keys()):
                 p.set(sec,opt,self.misc[sec][opt])