diff --git a/sat/tools/xml_tools.py b/sat/tools/xml_tools.py
index b64021b9..7dd4de57 100644
--- a/sat/tools/xml_tools.py
+++ b/sat/tools/xml_tools.py
@@ -471,7 +471,16 @@ def _paramsGetListOptions(param):
     elems = param.getElementsByTagName("option")
     if len(elems) == 0:
         return []
-    options = [elem.getAttribute("value") for elem in elems]
+    options = []
+    for elem in elems:
+        value = elem.getAttribute("value")
+        if not value:
+            raise exceptions.InternalError("list option must have a value")
+        label = elem.getAttribute("label")
+        if label:
+            options.append((value, label))
+        else:
+            options.append(value)
     selected = [
         elem.getAttribute("value")
         for elem in elems