diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
index 24b9a47f68..fbc128e471 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
@@ -1902,7 +1902,9 @@ void PrefFileformats::updateView()
 		formatsCB->addItem(qt_(cit->prettyname()),
 				QVariant(form_->formats().getNumber(cit->name())));
 		if (form_->converters().isReachable("latex", cit->name())
-		    || form_->converters().isReachable("pdflatex", cit->name()))
+		    || form_->converters().isReachable("pdflatex", cit->name())
+		    || form_->converters().isReachable("luatex", cit->name())
+		    || form_->converters().isReachable("xetex", cit->name()))
 			defaultFormatCB->addItem(qt_(cit->prettyname()),
 					QVariant(toqstr(cit->name())));
 	}
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 463e431e6f..a0e7d6b3be 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ What's new
 - Fix On-the-fly spellchecker jumps to next pattern match when replacing a
   misspelled word with a suggested one from context menu (bug 7564).
 
+- Add XeTeX/LuaTeX and derived formats to the Default Output list
+  in the preferences dialog (bug 7543).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION