diff --git a/src/components/ContactDetails/ContactDetailsProperty.vue b/src/components/ContactDetails/ContactDetailsProperty.vue
index 048b3e204b..57896f6baf 100644
--- a/src/components/ContactDetails/ContactDetailsProperty.vue
+++ b/src/components/ContactDetails/ContactDetailsProperty.vue
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ export default {
 		 * @returns {string}
 		 */
 		propName() {
+			// ! is this a ITEMXX.XXX property??
+			if (this.propGroup[1]) {
+				return this.propGroup[1]
+			}
+
 			return this.property.name
 		},
 		/**
@@ -139,7 +144,16 @@ export default {
 			if (this.propModel && this.propModel.force) {
 				return this.propModel.force
 			}
-			return this.property.getDefaultType()
+
+			// ! is this a ITEMXX.XXX property??
+			const defaultType = this.property.getDefaultType()
+			if (defaultType === 'unknown'
+				&& this.properties[this.propName]
+				&& this.property._designSet.property[this.propName]) {
+				return this.property._designSet.property[this.propName].defaultType
+			}
+
+			return defaultType
 		},
 
 		/**
@@ -171,6 +185,24 @@ export default {
 			return []
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Return the id and type of a property group
+		 * e.g ITEMXX.tel => ['ITEMXX', 'tel']
+		 *
+		 * @returns {Array}
+		 */
+		propGroup() {
+			const defaultType = this.property.getDefaultType()
+			if (defaultType === 'unknown') {
+				// splitting and checking validity of last part
+				const type = this.property.name.split('.')
+				if (type.length === 2) {
+					return type
+				}
+			}
+			return []
+		},
+
 		/**
 		 * Returns the closest match to the selected type
 		 * or return the default selected as a new object if
@@ -180,6 +212,14 @@ export default {
 		 */
 		selectType: {
 			get() {
+				// ! if ABLABEL is present, this is a priority
+				const type = this.contact.vCard.getFirstPropertyValue(`${this.propGroup[0]}.x-ablabel`)
+				if (type) {
+					return {
+						id: type,
+						name: type
+					}
+				}
 				if (this.propModel && this.propModel.options && this.type) {
 
 					let selectedType = this.type