diff --git a/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php b/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
index 2e58ae3273..66ae5b847c 100644
--- a/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
@@ -1226,7 +1226,8 @@ abstract class cmdbAbstractObject extends CMDBObject implements iDisplay
 						else
 						{
 							$rawValue = $oObj->Get($sAttCodeEx);
-/*
+							// Due to custom formatting rules, empty friendlynames may be rendered as non-empty strings
+							// let's fix this and make sure we render an empty string if the key == 0
 							if ($oAttDef instanceof AttributeFriendlyName)
 							{
 								$sKeyAttCode = $oAttDef->GetKeyAttCode();
@@ -1238,7 +1239,6 @@ abstract class cmdbAbstractObject extends CMDBObject implements iDisplay
 									}
 								}
 							}
-*/
 							if ($bLocalize)
 							{
 								$outputValue = htmlentities($oFinalAttDef->GetEditValue($rawValue), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
diff --git a/webservices/export.php b/webservices/export.php
index 8106a0b169..c6a8450cc3 100644
--- a/webservices/export.php
+++ b/webservices/export.php
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ if (!empty($sExpression))
 			{
 				$aAliasToFields[$sClassAlias][] = $oAttDef->GetParentAttCode();
 			}
+			else if($oAttDef instanceof AttributeFriendlyname)
+			{
+				$aAliasToFields[$sClassAlias][] = $oAttDef->GetKeyAttCode();
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Read query parameters