diff --git a/mozilla/content/xul/templates/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp b/mozilla/content/xul/templates/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp
index 72365d34fb2..5c39b9c3633 100644
--- a/mozilla/content/xul/templates/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/content/xul/templates/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp
@@ -2082,6 +2082,10 @@ RDFGenericBuilderImpl::CreateContainerContents(nsIContent* aElement, nsIRDFResou
     // "containment" arcs out of the element's resource.
     nsresult rv;
 
+	// set the empty attribute to false even if the container is closed
+	nsAutoString		emptyVal("false");
+	aElement->SetAttribute(kNameSpaceID_None, kEmptyAtom, emptyVal, PR_TRUE);
+
     // See if the item is even "open". If not, then just pretend it
     // doesn't have _any_ contents. We check this _before_ checking
     // the contents-generated attribute so that we don't eagerly set
diff --git a/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsRDFGenericBuilder.cpp b/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsRDFGenericBuilder.cpp
index 72365d34fb2..5c39b9c3633 100644
--- a/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsRDFGenericBuilder.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsRDFGenericBuilder.cpp
@@ -2082,6 +2082,10 @@ RDFGenericBuilderImpl::CreateContainerContents(nsIContent* aElement, nsIRDFResou
     // "containment" arcs out of the element's resource.
     nsresult rv;
 
+	// set the empty attribute to false even if the container is closed
+	nsAutoString		emptyVal("false");
+	aElement->SetAttribute(kNameSpaceID_None, kEmptyAtom, emptyVal, PR_TRUE);
+
     // See if the item is even "open". If not, then just pretend it
     // doesn't have _any_ contents. We check this _before_ checking
     // the contents-generated attribute so that we don't eagerly set
diff --git a/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp b/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp
index 72365d34fb2..5c39b9c3633 100644
--- a/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/rdf/content/src/nsXULTemplateBuilder.cpp
@@ -2082,6 +2082,10 @@ RDFGenericBuilderImpl::CreateContainerContents(nsIContent* aElement, nsIRDFResou
     // "containment" arcs out of the element's resource.
     nsresult rv;
 
+	// set the empty attribute to false even if the container is closed
+	nsAutoString		emptyVal("false");
+	aElement->SetAttribute(kNameSpaceID_None, kEmptyAtom, emptyVal, PR_TRUE);
+
     // See if the item is even "open". If not, then just pretend it
     // doesn't have _any_ contents. We check this _before_ checking
     // the contents-generated attribute so that we don't eagerly set