diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index de8bbb203..660054f79 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-08-26  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/Filters/Rules/Person/__init__.py (register): Add dictionary
+	for private rules.
+	* src/Filters/_FilterParser.py (startElement): Support parsing for
+	private rules.
+
 2006-08-26  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py (GrampsDbBase.get_name_group_mapping): convert
 	group as name used as a key back to unicode (bug #389)
diff --git a/src/Filters/Rules/Person/__init__.py b/src/Filters/Rules/Person/__init__.py
index 139614d75..e56104b91 100644
--- a/src/Filters/Rules/Person/__init__.py
+++ b/src/Filters/Rules/Person/__init__.py
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ from _RegExpName import RegExpName
 from _MatchIdOf import MatchIdOf
 from _RegExpIdOf import RegExpIdOf
 
+# This is the name->class storage for private rule classes
+private = {}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # This is used by Custom Filter Editor tool
@@ -156,4 +159,5 @@ editor_rule_list = [
 ]
 
 def register(rule):
+    private[rule.__name__] = rule
     editor_rule_list.append(rule)
diff --git a/src/Filters/_FilterParser.py b/src/Filters/_FilterParser.py
index 5cebfed37..c452cab1b 100644
--- a/src/Filters/_FilterParser.py
+++ b/src/Filters/_FilterParser.py
@@ -91,15 +91,21 @@ class FilterParser(handler.ContentHandler):
                 except (ImportError, NameError, AttributeError ):
                     # Now try to use name from Rules.Namespace
                     mc_match = save_name.split('.')
+                    last_name = mc_match[-1]
                     try:
                         exec 'self.r = Rules.%s.%s' % (
-                            self.namespace,mc_match[-1])
-                    except (ImportError, NameError ):
-                        print "ERROR: Filter rule '%s' in "\
-                              "filter '%s' not found!"\
-                              % (save_name,self.f.get_name())
-                        self.r = None
-                        return
+                            self.namespace,last_name)
+                    except (ImportError, NameError, AttributeError ):
+                        # Now try the private rule
+                        try:
+                            exec "self.r = Rules.%s.private['%s']" % (
+                                self.namespace,last_name)
+                        except KeyError:
+                            print "ERROR: Filter rule '%s' in "\
+                                  "filter '%s' not found!"\
+                                  % (save_name,self.f.get_name())
+                            self.r = None
+                            return
             self.a = []
         elif tag == "arg":
             self.a.append(attrs['value'])