diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/Context.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/Context.cpp
index 5112401b08..f28911a3c5 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/Context.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Context::Context(bool need_layout_,
 	  new_layout_allowed(true), merging_hyphens_allowed(true),
 	  textclass(textclass_),
 	  layout(layout_), parent_layout(parent_layout_),
-	  font(font_), rotlongtable(false)
+	  font(font_), tablerotation(0)
 {
 	if (!layout)
 		layout = &textclass.defaultLayout();
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/Context.h b/src/tex2lyx/Context.h
index 4fd1ff28bb..64d69e3561 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/Context.h
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/Context.h
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ public:
 	TeXFont font;
 	/// font attributes of normal text
 	static TeXFont normalfont;
-	/// A rotated longtable
-	bool rotlongtable;
+	/// Table rotation angle
+	int tablerotation;
 
 private:
 	void begin_layout(std::ostream & os, Layout const * const & l);
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
index c432a2c35f..8beeb2d28f 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
@@ -1416,13 +1416,10 @@ void handle_tabular(Parser & p, ostream & os, string const & name,
 
 	//cerr << "// output what we have\n";
 	// output what we have
-	string rotate = "0";
-	if (is_long_tabular && context.rotlongtable)
-		rotate = "90";
 	os << "\n<lyxtabular version=\"3\" rows=\"" << rowinfo.size()
 	   << "\" columns=\"" << colinfo.size() << "\">\n";
 	os << "<features"
-	   << write_attribute("rotate", rotate)
+	   << write_attribute("rotate", context.tablerotation)
 	   << write_attribute("booktabs", booktabs)
 	   << write_attribute("islongtable", is_long_tabular);
 	if (is_long_tabular) {
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
index 3533a505c8..61d7a7b3f5 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
@@ -1968,16 +1968,17 @@ void parse_environment(Parser & p, ostream & os, bool outer,
 			p.get_token();
 			p.get_token();
 			string envname = p.getArg('{', '}');
-			if (envname == "longtable") {
+			if (envname == "longtable" || envname == "xltabular") {
 				// Now we check if the longtable is the only content
 				// of the landscape environment
+				string const ltenv = envname;
 				while (!found_end && !end_longtable && p.good()) {
 					envname = p.next_token().cat() == catBegin
 							? p.getArg('{', '}') : string();
 					Token const & t = p.get_token();
 					p.skip_spaces();
 					end_longtable = t.asInput() != "\\end"
-							&& envname == "longtable";
+							&& envname == ltenv;
 					found_end = t.asInput() == "\\end"
 							&& envname == "landscape";
 				}
@@ -1990,10 +1991,10 @@ void parse_environment(Parser & p, ostream & os, bool outer,
 				if (only_longtable) {
 					p.popPosition();
 					p.skip_spaces();
-					bool const save_rotlongtable = parent_context.rotlongtable;
-					parent_context.rotlongtable = true;
+					int const save_tablerotation = parent_context.tablerotation;
+					parent_context.tablerotation = 90;
 					parse_text(p, os, FLAG_END, outer, parent_context);
-					parent_context.rotlongtable = save_rotlongtable;
+					parent_context.tablerotation = save_tablerotation;
 					p.skip_spaces();
 					break;
 				}