diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system.xsd b/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system.xsd
index 3585f499ddc24..a3bda13842202 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system.xsd
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system.xsd
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
                     <xs:element name="header_css" type="xs:string" />
                     <xs:element name="resource" type="typeAclResourceId" />
                     <xs:element ref="group" />
+                    <xs:element name="frontend_model" type="typeModel" />
                 </xs:choice>
             </xs:sequence>
             <xs:attributeGroup ref="elementsAttributeGroup"/>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system_file.xsd b/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system_file.xsd
index 0bbc99c6a07f7..1f7fa83b13f8c 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system_file.xsd
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Config/etc/system_file.xsd
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
                     <xs:element name="resource" type="typeAclResourceId" />
                     <xs:element ref="group" />
                     <xs:element name="include" type="includeType"/>
+                    <xs:element name="frontend_model" type="typeModel" />
                 </xs:choice>
             </xs:sequence>