The contribution deals with the simulation of the laminar/turbulent transition on a rough wall. The algebraic transition model taking into account wall roughness according to Straka and Příhoda [8] was further extended for the effect of short rough strip near the leading edge. The proposed correlation was tested by means of incompressible flow over a flat plate covered by sand paper and around the NACA 0012 airfoil with a rough strip near the leading edge. The agreement with experiments is appropriate nevertheless the applicability of the correlation is limited due to the lack of relevant experimental results.