diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index b7ba8440f2..0ef952fc34 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ def checkFormatEntries(dtl_tools):
 \Format text2      txt    "Plain text (pstotext)" "" ""	"%%"	"document"
 \Format text3      txt    "Plain text (ps2ascii)" "" ""	"%%"	"document"
 \Format text4      txt    "Plain text (catdvi)"   "" ""	"%%"	"document"
-\Format textparagraph txt "Plain Text, Join Lines" "" ""	"%%"	"document"''' ])
+\Format textparagraph txt "Plain Text, Join Lines" "" ""	"%%"	"document"
+\Format beamer.info pdf.info   "Info (Beamer)"         "" ""	"%%"	"document,menu=export"''' ])
    #Spreadsheets using ssconvert from gnumeric
     checkViewer('gnumeric spreadsheet software', ['gnumeric'],
       rc_entry = [r'''\Format gnumeric gnumeric "Gnumeric spreadsheet" "" ""    "%%"   "document"
@@ -810,6 +811,9 @@ def checkConverterEntries():
     checkProg('a PDF to EPS converter', ['pdftops -eps -f 1 -l 1 $$i $$o'],
         rc_entry = [ r'\converter pdf         eps        "%%"	""' ])
     #
+    checkProg('a Beamer info extractor', ['makebeamerinfo -p $$i'],
+        rc_entry = [ r'\converter pdf2         beamer.info        "%%"	""' ])
+    #
     checkProg('a DVI to TXT converter', ['catdvi $$i > $$o'],
         rc_entry = [ r'\converter dvi        text4      "%%"	""' ])
     #
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 3fec63669b..fa544e3f4b 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ What's new
 - Case environments provided by theorem modules should now nest
   properly (bug 7611).
 
+- Allow makebeamerinfo script export beamer info (to be used by Impressive)
+  (bug 8018).
+
 
 * TEX2LYX IMPROVEMENTS