diff --git a/datamodels/2.x/itop-incident-mgmt-itil/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt-itil.xml b/datamodels/2.x/itop-incident-mgmt-itil/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt-itil.xml
index d6e32d8ca..a589ef462 100755
--- a/datamodels/2.x/itop-incident-mgmt-itil/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt-itil.xml
+++ b/datamodels/2.x/itop-incident-mgmt-itil/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt-itil.xml
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@
           <sql>solution</sql>
           <default_value/>
           <is_null_allowed>true</is_null_allowed>
+          <format>html</format>
         </field>
         <field id="pending_reason" xsi:type="AttributeText">
           <sql>pending_reason</sql>