diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index cc6be7bfa4..993d9c302e 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ def checkFormatEntries(dtl_tools):
     #  rc_entry = [ r'\ps_command "%%"' ])
     checkViewer('a Postscript previewer', ['kghostview', 'okular', 'evince', 'gv', 'ghostview -swap'],
         rc_entry = [r'''\Format eps        eps     EPS                    "" "%%"	""	"vector"
-\Format ps         ps      Postscript             t  "%%"	""	"document,vector"'''])
+\Format ps         ps      Postscript             t  "%%"	""	"document,vector,menu=export"'''])
     # for xdg-open issues look here: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg151818.html
     checkViewer('a PDF previewer', ['kpdf', 'okular', 'evince', 'kghostview', 'xpdf', 'acrobat', 'acroread', \
 		    'gv', 'ghostview'],