A fastening element for furniture, appliances, auxiliary devices or the like comprises a load-bearing means 1 which exhibits, at one end, a fastening means 10 which engages behind a perforated border. The fastening means 10 engages into one or more cutouts of a rail which fastens the load-bearing means 1. The spacing between an end surface of the load-bearing means 1 and that surface of the fastening means 10 which engages behind the perforated border can be changed. <IMAGE>
