diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php
index 809bf58123..ed4aa8a960 100644
--- a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ class importexport_widget_filter extends Etemplate\Widget\Transformer
 
 
 					break;
+				case 'select-cat':
+					$this->setElementAttribute($form_name.'['.self::$prefix.$lname.']', 'other', $field['rows']);
+					// fall through
 				case 'select':
 				default:
 					if(strpos($field['type'],'select') === 0)