diff --git a/data/grampsxml.rng b/data/grampsxml.rng
index 8b07557be..25a0f140a 100644
--- a/data/grampsxml.rng
+++ b/data/grampsxml.rng
@@ -610,6 +610,20 @@
   <define name="citationref-content">
     <attribute name="hlink"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>
   </define>
+  
+  <define name="personref-content">
+    <attribute name="hlink"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>
+        <optional><attribute name="priv">
+            <ref name="priv-content"/>
+        </attribute></optional>
+        <attribute name="rel"><text/></attribute>
+    <optional><zeroOrMore><element name="citationref">
+        <ref name="citationref-content"/>
+    </element></zeroOrMore></optional>
+    <optional><zeroOrMore><element name="noteref">
+        <ref name="noteref-content"/>
+    </element></zeroOrMore></optional>
+  </define>
     
   <define name="sourceref-content">
     <attribute name="hlink"><data type="IDREF"/></attribute>