diff --git a/ser/XmlFormatter2.cs b/ser/XmlFormatter2.cs
index 2cc014b..59f1b78 100644
--- a/ser/XmlFormatter2.cs
+++ b/ser/XmlFormatter2.cs
@@ -443,7 +443,17 @@ namespace lib
 				{
 					XmlElement arrElem = (XmlElement)arrNodeList.Item(i);
 
-					arr.SetValue( Deserialize( arrElem, typeElem ), i );
+					var finalType = typeElem;
+					if (arrElem.HasAttribute("t"))
+					{
+						var typename = arrElem.GetAttribute("t");
+						finalType = FindType(typename);
+
+						if (finalType == null)
+							finalType = typeElem;
+					}
+
+					arr.SetValue( Deserialize( arrElem, finalType), i );
 				}
 			}