diff --git a/addons/account/account.py b/addons/account/account.py
index 5c17b3cd84f..4016e06546c 100644
--- a/addons/account/account.py
+++ b/addons/account/account.py
@@ -1294,6 +1294,15 @@ class account_tax_code(osv.osv):
     }
 
 
+    def name_search(self, cr, user, name, args=None, operator='ilike', context=None, limit=80):
+        if not args:
+            args = []
+        if context is None:
+            context = {}
+        ids = self.search(cr, user, ['|',('name',operator,name),('code',operator,name)] + args, limit=limit, context=context)
+        return self.name_get(cr, user, ids, context)
+
+
     def name_get(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         if not len(ids):
             return []