diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/core/py_utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/core/py_utils.js
index c077cfc2e7e..f275302279b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/core/py_utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/core/py_utils.js
@@ -407,6 +407,35 @@ function formatAST(ast, lbp) {
     throw new Error("Unimplemented python construct");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Normalize a domain, at the level of the AST.
+ *
+ * Note: this function does not evaluate anything inside the domain.  This is
+ * actually quite critical because this allows the manipulation of unevaluated
+ * (dynamic) domains.
+ *
+ * @param {PyJS AST} domain valid AST representing a domain
+ * @returns {PyJS AST} normalized domain AST
+ */
+function normalizeDomain(domain) {
+    var expected = 1;
+    for (var i = 0; i < domain.first.length; i++) {
+        var value = domain.first[i].value;
+        if (value === '&' || value === '|') {
+            expected++;
+        } else if (value !== '!') {
+            expected--;
+        }
+    }
+    var andOperator = py.tokenize("'&'")[0];
+
+    if (expected < 0) {
+        domain.first.unshift.apply(domain.first, _.times(Math.abs(expected), _.constant(andOperator)));
+    }
+
+    return domain;
+}
+
 return {
     context: pycontext,
     ensure_evaluated: ensure_evaluated,
@@ -414,6 +443,7 @@ return {
     eval_domains_and_contexts: eval_domains_and_contexts,
     py_eval: py_eval,
     formatAST: formatAST,
+    normalizeDomain: normalizeDomain,
 };
 
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_utils_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_utils_tests.js
index 99fe3c60862..fafb3d8f6ca 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_utils_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_utils_tests.js
@@ -1159,6 +1159,45 @@ QUnit.module('core', function () {
         assert.checkAST(expr);
     });
 
+    QUnit.module('pyutils (normalizeDomain)');
+
+    QUnit.assert.checkNormalization = function (domainStr, normalizedDomain) {
+        normalizedDomain = normalizedDomain || domainStr;
+        var domainAST = py.parse(py.tokenize(domainStr));
+        var normalizedDomainAST = pyUtils.normalizeDomain(domainAST);
+        var result = pyUtils.formatAST(normalizedDomainAST);
+        this.pushResult({
+            result: result === normalizedDomain,
+            actual: result,
+            expected: normalizedDomain
+        });
+    };
+
+
+    QUnit.test("return simple (normalized) domains", function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(3);
+
+        assert.checkNormalization("[]");
+        assert.checkNormalization("[('a', '=', 1)]");
+        assert.checkNormalization("['!', ('a', '=', 1)]");
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("properly add the & in a non normalized domain", function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+        assert.checkNormalization(
+            "[('a', '=', 1), ('b', '=', 2)]",
+            "['&', ('a', '=', 1), ('b', '=', 2)]"
+        );
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("normalize domain with ! operator", function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+        assert.checkNormalization(
+            "['!', ('a', '=', 1), ('b', '=', 2)]",
+            "['&', '!', ('a', '=', 1), ('b', '=', 2)]"
+        );
+    });
+
 });
 
 });