diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/template/ajax/div.ftl b/core/src/main/resources/template/ajax/div.ftl
index 81779c1db..15a479384 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/template/ajax/div.ftl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/template/ajax/div.ftl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
   <#if parameters.stopTimerListenTopics?if_exists != "">
     stopTimerListenTopics="${parameters.stopTimerListenTopics?html}"<#rt/>
   </#if>
+  <#if parameters.refreshOnShow?exists>
+    refreshOnShow="${parameters.refreshOnShow?string?html}"<#rt/>
+  </#if>
   <#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/ajax/ajax-common.ftl" />
   <#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/scripting-events.ftl" />
 >
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/div-1.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/div-1.txt
index 375227868..a6ad59b58 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/div-1.txt
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/div-1.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   autoStart="true"
   startTimerListenTopics="h"
   stopTimerListenTopics="i"
+  refreshOnShow="true"
   id="mylabel"
   href="a"
   loadingText="b"