diff --git a/src/odf/attrconverters.py b/src/odf/attrconverters.py
index b75f80a2dd..fc07642c5e 100644
--- a/src/odf/attrconverters.py
+++ b/src/odf/attrconverters.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ attrconverters = {
 	((FONS,u'margin-top'), None): cnv_string,
 	((FONS,u'max-height'), None): cnv_string,
 	((FONS,u'max-width'), None): cnv_string,
-	((FONS,u'min-height'), None): cnv_length,
+	((FONS,u'min-height'), None): cnv_lengthorpercent,
 	((FONS,u'min-width'), None): cnv_string,
 	((FONS,u'orphans'), None): cnv_string,
 	((FONS,u'padding-bottom'), None): cnv_string,