diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng b/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng
index cd2aac5cb13..943b533e2e3 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
         <rng:element name="separator">
             <rng:ref name="overload"/>
             <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="rowspan"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>