diff --git a/include/class.forms.php b/include/class.forms.php
index 00a885f3ab0f9d6493660141a81f2f8539237cb1..257f4ab9a1958d9269b78ba0e11f1d76d3b0487e 100644
--- a/include/class.forms.php
+++ b/include/class.forms.php
@@ -601,6 +601,11 @@ class TextareaField extends FormField {
         else
             return Format::htmlchars($value);
     }
+
+    function export($value) {
+        return (!$value) ? $value : Format::html2text($value);
+    }
+
 }
 
 class PhoneField extends FormField {