diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_table.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_table.h
index f41b1c074..f161c04f9 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_table.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_table.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// The Width you want in pixel. This is the <td width="100"> parameter
 		sint32	WidthWanted;
 
+		sint32 ColSpan;
+		sint32 RowSpan;
 
 		// The min height of the cell
 		sint32	Height;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index 56398a10a..6266ea769 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -1519,11 +1519,19 @@ namespace NLGUI
 									}
 								}
 							}
+
+							if (present[MY_HTML_TD_COLSPAN] && value[MY_HTML_TD_COLSPAN])
+								fromString(value[MY_HTML_TD_COLSPAN], _Cells.back()->ColSpan);
+							if (present[MY_HTML_TD_ROWSPAN] && value[MY_HTML_TD_ROWSPAN])
+								fromString(value[MY_HTML_TD_ROWSPAN], _Cells.back()->RowSpan);
+
 							_Cells.back()->BgColor = _CellParams.back().BgColor;
 							_Cells.back()->Align = _CellParams.back().Align;
 							_Cells.back()->VAlign = _CellParams.back().VAlign;
 							_Cells.back()->LeftMargin = _CellParams.back().LeftMargin;
 							_Cells.back()->NoWrap = _CellParams.back().NoWrap;
+							_Cells.back()->ColSpan = std::max(1, _Cells.back()->ColSpan);
+							_Cells.back()->RowSpan = std::max(1, _Cells.back()->RowSpan);
 
 							float temp;
 							if (present[MY_HTML_TD_WIDTH] && value[MY_HTML_TD_WIDTH])
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_table.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_table.cpp
index 7c6a95b24..677260dbb 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_table.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_table.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		TableRatio = 0.f;
 		WidthWanted = 0;
 		Height = 0;
+		ColSpan = 1;
+		RowSpan = 1;
 		Group = new CInterfaceGroup(CViewBase::TCtorParam());
 		Align = Left;
 		VAlign = Top;
@@ -249,6 +251,22 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				AddChildW = b;
 			return;
 		}
+		else
+		if (name == "colspan" )
+		{
+			sint32 i;
+			if (fromString( value, i ) )
+				ColSpan = std::max(1, i);
+			return;
+		}
+		else
+		if (name == "rowspan" )
+		{
+			sint32 i;
+			if (fromString( value, i ) )
+				RowSpan = std::max(1, i);
+			return;
+		}
 		else
 			CInterfaceGroup::setProperty( name, value );
 	}
@@ -310,6 +328,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "ignore_max_width", BAD_CAST toString( IgnoreMaxWidth ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "ignore_min_width", BAD_CAST toString( IgnoreMinWidth ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "add_child_w", BAD_CAST toString( AddChildW ).c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "colspan", BAD_CAST toString( ColSpan ).c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "rowspan", BAD_CAST toString( RowSpan ).c_str() );
 
 		return node;
 	}
@@ -422,6 +442,22 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			AddChildW = convertBool(ptr);
 		}
+		//
+		ptr = (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"colspan" );
+		if (ptr)
+		{
+			sint32 i;
+			if (fromString((const char*)ptr, i))
+				ColSpan = std::max(1, i);
+		}
+		//
+		ptr = (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"rowspan" );
+		if (ptr)
+		{
+			sint32 i;
+			if (fromString((const char*)ptr, i))
+				RowSpan = std::max(1, i);
+		}
 
 		return true;
 	}