diff --git a/Tools/px4airframes/xmlout.py b/Tools/px4airframes/xmlout.py
index d3af13343f..378c057f70 100644
--- a/Tools/px4airframes/xmlout.py
+++ b/Tools/px4airframes/xmlout.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class XMLOutput():
         xml_parameters = ET.Element("airframes")
         xml_version = ET.SubElement(xml_parameters, "version")
         xml_version.text = "1"
+        xml_version = ET.SubElement(xml_parameters, "airframe_version_major")
+        xml_version.text = "1"
+        xml_version = ET.SubElement(xml_parameters, "airframe_version_minor")
+        xml_version.text = "1"
         last_param_name = ""
         board_specific_param_set = False
         for group in groups:
diff --git a/Tools/px4params/xmlout.py b/Tools/px4params/xmlout.py
index 10d75fec20..f3455eb873 100644
--- a/Tools/px4params/xmlout.py
+++ b/Tools/px4params/xmlout.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class XMLOutput():
         xml_parameters = ET.Element("parameters")
         xml_version = ET.SubElement(xml_parameters, "version")
         xml_version.text = "3"
+        xml_version = ET.SubElement(xml_parameters, "parameter_version_major")
+        xml_version.text = "1"
+        xml_version = ET.SubElement(xml_parameters, "parameter_version_minor")
+        xml_version.text = "2"
         importtree = ET.parse(inject_xml_file_name)
         injectgroups = importtree.getroot().findall("group")
         for igroup in injectgroups: