diff --git a/src/pyFAI/geometry/core.py b/src/pyFAI/geometry/core.py
index 6232d84fd..fe25b136b 100644
--- a/src/pyFAI/geometry/core.py
+++ b/src/pyFAI/geometry/core.py
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ class Geometry(object):
                         "chiDiscAtPi", "_wavelength", "_dssa_order",
                         '_oversampling', '_correct_solid_angle_for_spline',
                         '_transmission_normal')
-
+    PROMOTION = {"AzimuthalIntegrator": "pyFAI.integrator.azimuthal.AzimuthalIntegrator",
+                 "FiberIntegrator": "pyFAI.integrator.fiber.FiberIntegrator",
+                 "GeometryRefinement": "pyFAI.geometryRefinement.GeometryRefinement",
+                 "Geometry": "pyFAI.geometry.core.Geometry"}
 
     def __init__(self, dist=1, poni1=0, poni2=0, rot1=0, rot2=0, rot3=0,
                  pixel1=None, pixel2=None, splineFile=None, detector=None, wavelength=None,
@@ -2088,7 +2091,7 @@ def calcfrom2d(self, I, tth, chi, shape=None, mask=None,
             calcimage[numpy.where(mask)] = dummy
         return calcimage
 
-    def promote(self, type_="pyFAI.azimuthalIntegrator.AzimuthalIntegrator", kwargs=None):
+    def promote(self, type_="pyFAI.integrator.azimuthal.AzimuthalIntegrator", kwargs=None):
         """Promote this instance into one of its derived class (deep copy like)
 
         :param type_: Fully qualified name of the class to promote to, or the class itself
@@ -2099,6 +2102,9 @@ def promote(self, type_="pyFAI.azimuthalIntegrator.AzimuthalIntegrator", kwargs=
         """
         GeometryClass = self.__class__.__mro__[-2]  # actually pyFAI.geometry.core.Geometry
         if isinstance(type_, str):
+            if "." not in type_:
+                if type_ in self.PROMOTION:
+                    type_ = self.PROMOTION[type_]
             import importlib
             modules = type_.split(".")
             module_name = ".".join(modules[:-1])
@@ -2107,7 +2113,7 @@ def promote(self, type_="pyFAI.azimuthalIntegrator.AzimuthalIntegrator", kwargs=
         elif isinstance(type_, type):
             klass = type_
         else:
-            raise ValueError("`type_` must be a class (or a fully qualified class name) of a Geometry derived class")
+            raise ValueError("`type_` must be a class (or class name) of a Geometry derived class")
 
         if kwargs == None:
             kwargs = {}
diff --git a/src/pyFAI/test/test_geometry.py b/src/pyFAI/test/test_geometry.py
index b08d5d603..08482b8ad 100644
--- a/src/pyFAI/test/test_geometry.py
+++ b/src/pyFAI/test/test_geometry.py
@@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ def test_promotion(self):
         idmask = id(g.detector.mask)
         ai = g.promote()
         self.assertEqual(type(ai).__name__, "AzimuthalIntegrator", "Promote to AzimuthalIntegrator by default")
-        gr = g.promote("pyFAI.geometryRefinement.GeometryRefinement")
+        ai = g.promote("FiberIntegrator")
+        self.assertEqual(type(ai).__name__, "FiberIntegrator", "Promote to FiberIntegrator when requested")
+        gr = g.promote("GeometryRefinement")
         self.assertEqual(type(gr).__name__, "GeometryRefinement", "Promote to GeometryRefinement when requested")
         gr = ai.promote("pyFAI.geometryRefinement.GeometryRefinement")
         self.assertEqual(type(gr).__name__, "GeometryRefinement", "Promote to GeometryRefinement when requested")