diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
index 7ba5344d13..ca3a84cdae 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ void handle_tabular(Parser & p, ostream & os, string const & name,
 	os << "\n<lyxtabular version=\"3\" rows=\"" << rowinfo.size()
 	   << "\" columns=\"" << colinfo.size() << "\">\n";
 	os << "<features"
-	   << write_attribute("rotate", false)
+	   << write_attribute("rotate", "0")
 	   << write_attribute("booktabs", booktabs)
 	   << write_attribute("islongtable", is_long_tabular);
 	if (is_long_tabular) {