diff --git a/src/proxy/remote_rom/server/main.cc b/src/proxy/remote_rom/server/main.cc
index 9405ac1..fd43201 100644
--- a/src/proxy/remote_rom/server/main.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/remote_rom/server/main.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ namespace Component {
 	{
 		try {
 			Genode::Xml_node remote_rom = Genode::config()->xml_node().sub_node("remote_rom");
-			remote_rom.attribute("localname").value(Remote_rom::modulename, sizeof(Remote_rom::modulename));
+			if (remote_rom.has_attribute("localname"))
+				remote_rom.attribute("localname").value(Remote_rom::modulename, sizeof(Remote_rom::modulename));
+			else
+				remote_rom.attribute("name").value(Remote_rom::modulename, sizeof(Remote_rom::modulename));
+
 			remote_rom.attribute("name").value(Remote_rom::remotename, sizeof(Remote_rom::remotename));
 			try {
 				remote_rom.attribute("binary").value(&Remote_rom::binary);