diff --git a/eds/cf.xml b/eds/cf.xml
index 902744a1..354a4c0b 100644
--- a/eds/cf.xml
+++ b/eds/cf.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
          <Entry type="ChannelConfigTable" name="chan" shortDescription="Channel configuration" />
          <Entry type="BASE_TYPES/uint16" name="outgoing_file_chunk_size" shortDescription="maximum size of outgoing file data PDUs - must be smaller than file data character array" />
          <Entry type="BASE_TYPES/PathName" name="tmp_dir" shortDescription="directory to put temp files" />
-
+         <Entry type="BASE_TYPES/PathName" name="fail_dir" shortDescription="fail directory" />
        </EntryList>
      </ContainerDataType>