diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs
index 9ab0287ca6..69b1c5899a 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs
@@ -714,6 +714,15 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager
             dt.Thumbnail = xmlHelper.GetNodeValue(n.SelectSingleNode("Info/Thumbnail"));
             dt.Description = xmlHelper.GetNodeValue(n.SelectSingleNode("Info/Description"));
 
+            // Allow at root (check for node due to legacy)
+            bool allowAtRoot = false;
+            string allowAtRootNode = xmlHelper.GetNodeValue(n.SelectSingleNode("Info/AllowAtRoot"));
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(allowAtRootNode))
+            {
+                bool.TryParse(allowAtRootNode, out allowAtRoot);
+            }
+            dt.AllowAtRoot = allowAtRoot;
+            
             // Templates	
             ArrayList templates = new ArrayList();
             foreach (XmlNode tem in n.SelectNodes("Info/AllowedTemplates/Template"))
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs
index 882ba8d154..04cc8ec314 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
             info.AppendChild(XmlHelper.AddTextNode(xd, "Icon", IconUrl));
             info.AppendChild(XmlHelper.AddTextNode(xd, "Thumbnail", Thumbnail));
             info.AppendChild(XmlHelper.AddTextNode(xd, "Description", Description));
+            info.AppendChild(XmlHelper.AddTextNode(xd, "AllowAtRoot", AllowAtRoot.ToString()));
 
             //TODO: Add support for mixins!
             if (this.MasterContentType > 0)