diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index 49bb719bad7..9cfb4c3b8bf 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -599,8 +599,15 @@
                             <field name="xml_id"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
-                    <field name="arch"/>
-                  </sheet>  
+                    <notebook>
+                        <page string="Architecture">
+                            <field name="arch"/>
+                        </page>
+                        <page string="Groups">
+                            <field name="groups_id"/>
+                        </page>
+                    </notebook>
+                   </sheet>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index b2805884f18..7b8165ec694 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class view(osv.osv):
         'name': fields.char('View Name',size=64,  required=True),
         'model': fields.char('Object', size=64, required=True, select=True),
         'priority': fields.integer('Sequence', required=True),
+        'groups_id': fields.many2many('res.groups', 'ir_ui_view_group_rel',
+            'view_id', 'group_id', 'Groups', help="If you have groups, the visibility of this view will be based on these groups. "\
+                "If this field is empty, OpenERP will compute visibility based on the related object's read access."),
         'type': fields.function(_type_field, type='selection', selection=[
             ('tree','Tree'),
             ('form','Form'),