diff --git a/Modules/Course/classes/class.ilCourseXMLParser.php b/Modules/Course/classes/class.ilCourseXMLParser.php
index 6d94e482fc7c..d885ead2ed09 100644
--- a/Modules/Course/classes/class.ilCourseXMLParser.php
+++ b/Modules/Course/classes/class.ilCourseXMLParser.php
@@ -678,6 +678,9 @@ public function handlerEndTag($a_xml_parser, $a_name)
             case 'MailToMembersType':
                 $this->course_obj->setMailToMembersType((int) $this->cdata);
                 break;
+            case 'AboStatus':
+                 $this->course_obj->setAboStatus((int) $this->cdata);
+                break;
         }
         $this->cdata = '';