diff --git a/xml/acls-3.8.rng b/xml/acls-3.8.rng
index 0fe6eed96e..48bcdffe34 100644
--- a/xml/acls-3.8.rng
+++ b/xml/acls-3.8.rng
@@ -1,80 +1,86 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0" 
          datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
   <start>
     <optional>
       <ref name="element-acls"/>
     </optional>
   </start>
 
   <define name="element-acls">
     <element name="acls">
       <zeroOrMore>
         <choice>
           <element name="acl_target">
             <attribute name="id"><text/></attribute>
+            <optional>
+              <attribute name="name"><text/></attribute>
+            </optional>
             <zeroOrMore>
               <element name="role">
                 <attribute name="id"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>
               </element>
             </zeroOrMore>
           </element>
           <element name="acl_group">
             <!-- Here 'id' is the name of a unix group -->
             <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
+            <optional>
+              <attribute name="name"><text/></attribute>
+            </optional>
             <zeroOrMore>
               <element name="role">
                 <attribute name="id"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>
               </element>
             </zeroOrMore>
           </element>
           <element name="acl_role">
             <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
             <optional>
               <attribute name="description"><text/></attribute>
             </optional>
             <zeroOrMore>
               <ref name="element-permission"/>
             </zeroOrMore>
           </element>
         </choice>
       </zeroOrMore>
     </element>
   </define>
 
   <define name="element-permission">
     <element name="acl_permission">
       <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
 
       <attribute name="kind">
         <choice>
           <value>read</value>
           <value>write</value>
           <value>deny</value>
         </choice>
       </attribute>
 
       <choice>
         <attribute name="xpath"><text/></attribute>
         <!-- reference is already sufficiently specific without 'object-type' --> 
         <attribute name="reference"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>
         <group>
           <!-- Use 'object-type' to avoid conflicting with the 'tag' configuration concept -->
           <attribute name="object-type"><text/></attribute>
           <optional>
             <!-- 
                  does not make sense with anything other than object-type
                  xpath and reference are already sufficiently specific
             -->
             <attribute name="attribute"><text/></attribute>
           </optional>
         </group>
       </choice>
 
       <optional>
         <attribute name="description"><text/></attribute>
       </optional>
     </element>
   </define>
 
 </grammar>