diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_definitions_ui.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_definitions_ui.inc.php
index 6f19469e58..5a3bd7c300 100644
--- a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_definitions_ui.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_definitions_ui.inc.php
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ class importexport_definitions_ui
 				'csv_fields'	=> false,	// Disable CSV export, uses own export
 				'default_cols'  => '!actions',  // switch legacy actions column and row off by default
 				'row_id'	=> 'definition_id',
+				 'placeholder_actions' => array('add')
 			);
 			if($_GET['application']) $content['nm']['col_filter']['application'] = $_GET['application'];
 		}
diff --git a/importexport/templates/default/definition_index.xet b/importexport/templates/default/definition_index.xet
index 7f0bea454f..d0c80ac052 100644
--- a/importexport/templates/default/definition_index.xet
+++ b/importexport/templates/default/definition_index.xet
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 				<column/>
 			</columns>
 			<rows>
-				<row disabled="!@msg">
-					<description align="center" id="msg" no_lang="1" span="all" class="message"/>
+				<row>
+					<buttononly align="right" statustext="Add a new definition" label="Add" id="add" onclick="window.open(egw::link('/index.php','menuaction=importexport.importexport_definitions_ui.edit'),'_blank','dependent=yes,width=500,height=500,status=yes'); return false;"/>
 				</row>
 				<row>
 					<nextmatch id="nm" template="importexport.definition_index.row"/>