diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml b/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml
index 064b1f49e69..ce675ebb99e 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@
             <field name="company_id" ref="main_company"/>
             <field name="groups_id" eval="[(6,0,[ref('base.group_user')])]"/>
         </record>
+
+        <!-- new rate for demo transactions in multi currency -->
+        <record id="rateUSDbis" model="res.currency.rate">
+            <field name="rate">1.5289</field>
+            <field name="currency_id" ref="USD"/>
+            <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-06-06')" name="name"/>
+        </record>
     </data>
 </openerp>