diff --git a/xml/Makefile.am b/xml/Makefile.am
index 79ce900..2f99f1c 100644
--- a/xml/Makefile.am
+++ b/xml/Makefile.am
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ version_pairs_last = $(wordlist \
 			    ),$(1),$(2) \
 			  )
 
+# NOTE: All files in API_request_base, CIB_cfg_base, API_base, and CIB_base
+# need to start with a unique prefix.  These variables all get iterated over
+# and globbed, and two files starting with the same prefix will cause
+# problems.
+
 # Names of API schemas that form the choices for pacemaker-result content
 API_request_base	= command-output crm_mon crmadmin stonith_admin version
 
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ API_request_base	= command-output crm_mon crmadmin stonith_admin version
 CIB_cfg_base		= options nodes resources constraints fencing acls tags alerts
 
 # Names of all schemas (including top level and those included by others)
-API_base		= $(API_request_base) fence-event item resources status
+API_base		= $(API_request_base) fence-event generic-list item resources status
 CIB_base		= cib $(CIB_cfg_base) status score rule nvset
 
 # Static schema files and transforms (only CIB has transforms)
diff --git a/xml/api/generic-list-2.4.rng b/xml/api/generic-list-2.4.rng
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fee93a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/api/generic-list-2.4.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+         datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+
+    <start>
+        <ref name="generic-list"/>
+    </start>
+
+    <define name="generic-list">
+        <element name="list">
+            <attribute name="name"> <text /> </attribute>
+            <attribute name="count"> <data type="nonNegativeInteger" /> </attribute>
+            <choice>
+                <empty/>
+                <oneOrMore>
+                    <externalRef href="item-1.1.rng"/>
+                </oneOrMore>
+            </choice>
+        </element>
+    </define>
+</grammar>