diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_data.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_data.xml
index e81e5ac4c59..8d938df358d 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_data.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_data.xml
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@
             <field name="name">ZAR</field>
             <field name="symbol">R</field>
             <field name="rounding">0.01</field>
+            <field name="position">before</field>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
         </record>