diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_id_formated.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_id_formated.h
index 0965099c0..a61956471 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_id_formated.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_id_formated.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		std::string getProperty( const std::string &name ) const;
 		void setProperty( const std::string &name, const std::string &value );
+		xmlNodePtr serialize( xmlNodePtr parentNode, const char *type ) const;
 		virtual bool parse(xmlNodePtr cur, CInterfaceGroup * parentGroup);
 		virtual void checkCoords();
 		const  ucstring &getFormatString() const { return _FormatString; }
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text_id_formated.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text_id_formated.cpp
index 715ac152a..8f45a113b 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text_id_formated.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text_id_formated.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			CViewTextID::setProperty( name, value );
 	}
 
+	xmlNodePtr CViewTextIDFormated::serialize( xmlNodePtr parentNode, const char *type ) const
+	{
+		xmlNodePtr node = CViewTextID::serialize( parentNode, type );
+		if( node == NULL )
+			return NULL;
+
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST "text_id_formated" );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "format", BAD_CAST getFormatString().c_str() );
+
+		return node;
+	}
+
 	// *********************************************************************************
 	bool CViewTextIDFormated::parse(xmlNodePtr cur,CInterfaceGroup * parentGroup)
 	{