diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js
index 6ec90393b7a..a4124405e2b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js
@@ -246,7 +246,22 @@ var CalendarController = AbstractController.extend({
      * @private
      * @param {OdooEvent} event
      */
-    _onChangeFilter: function (event) {
+    _onChangeFilter: async function (event) {
+        if (event.data.value !== "all" && event.target.filter_field) {
+            const domain = [['user_id', '=', this.getSession().uid], [event.target.write_field, '=', parseInt(event.data.value)]];
+            const contact = await this._rpc({
+                model: event.target.write_model,
+                method: 'search',
+                args: [domain],
+            });
+            let val = {};
+            val[event.target.filter_field] = event.data.active;
+            await this._rpc({
+                model: event.target.write_model,
+                method: 'write',
+                args: [contact, val],
+            });
+        }
         if (this.model.changeFilter(event.data) && !event.data.no_reload) {
             this.reload();
         }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_model.js
index cb0eeec5143..26c490f4c6c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_model.js
@@ -537,11 +537,15 @@ return AbstractModel.extend({
         }
 
         var field = this.fields[filter.fieldName];
+        var fields = [filter.write_field];
+        if (filter.filter_field) {
+            fields.push(filter.filter_field);
+        }
         return this._rpc({
                 model: filter.write_model,
                 method: 'search_read',
                 domain: [["user_id", "=", session.uid]],
-                fields: [filter.write_field],
+                fields: fields,
             })
             .then(function (res) {
                 var records = _.map(res, function (record) {
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ return AbstractModel.extend({
                         'id': record.id,
                         'value': value,
                         'label': formater(_value, field),
-                        'active': f && f.active,
+                        'active': (f && f.active) || (filter.filter_field && record[filter.filter_field]),
                     };
                 });
                 records.sort(function (f1,f2) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_renderer.js
index fed9a705d11..ef556066085 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_renderer.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ var SidebarFilter = Widget.extend(FieldManagerMixin, {
         this.fieldName = options.fieldName;
         this.write_model = options.write_model;
         this.write_field = options.write_field;
+        this.filter_field = options.filter_field;
         this.avatar_field = options.avatar_field;
         this.avatar_model = options.avatar_model;
         this.filters = options.filters;
@@ -161,10 +162,12 @@ return AbstractRenderer.extend({
     template: "CalendarView",
     config: {
         CalendarPopover: CalendarPopover,
+        eventTemplate: 'calendar-box',
     },
     custom_events: _.extend({}, AbstractRenderer.prototype.custom_events || {}, {
         edit_event: '_onEditEvent',
         delete_event: '_onDeleteEvent',
+        render_event: '_renderEvents',
     }),
 
     /**
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ return AbstractRenderer.extend({
         if (_.isEmpty(qweb_context.record)) {
             return '';
         } else {
-            return qweb.render("calendar-box", qweb_context);
+            return qweb.render(this.config.eventTemplate, qweb_context);
         }
     },
     /**
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_view.js
index 8894d0760e5..7ac7e1730c9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/calendar/calendar_view.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ var CalendarView = AbstractView.extend({
                     };
                     filters[fieldName].write_model = child.attrs.write_model;
                     filters[fieldName].write_field = child.attrs.write_field; // can't use a x2many fields
+                    filters[fieldName].filter_field = child.attrs.filter_field;
 
                     modelFilters.push(fields[fieldName].relation);
                 }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/calendar_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/calendar_tests.js
index 9f99431ae43..60994d3f713 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/calendar_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/calendar_tests.js
@@ -116,11 +116,12 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
                     id: {string: "ID", type: "integer"},
                     user_id: {string: "user", type: "many2one", relation: 'user'},
                     partner_id: {string: "partner", type: "many2one", relation: 'partner'},
+                    partner_checked: {string: "checked", type: "boolean"}
                 },
                 records: [
-                    {id: 1, user_id: session.uid, partner_id: 1},
-                    {id: 2, user_id: session.uid, partner_id: 2},
-                    {id: 3, user_id: 4, partner_id: 3}
+                    {id: 1, user_id: session.uid, partner_id: 1, partner_checked: true},
+                    {id: 2, user_id: session.uid, partner_id: 2, partner_checked: true},
+                    {id: 3, user_id: 4, partner_id: 3, partner_checked: true}
                 ]
             },
         };
@@ -2140,6 +2141,40 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         assert.strictEqual($('#ui-datepicker-div:empty').length, 0, "should have a clean body");
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('check filters with filter_field specified', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(5);
+
+        const calendar = await createCalendarView({
+            View: CalendarView,
+            model: 'event',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: `
+                <calendar class="o_calendar_test"
+                        event_open_popup="true"
+                        date_start="start"
+                        date_stop="stop"
+                        all_day="allday"
+                        mode="week"
+                        color="partner_id">
+                    <field name="partner_ids" write_model="filter_partner" write_field="partner_id" filter_field="partner_checked"/>
+                </calendar>`,
+        });
+
+        assert.containsOnce(calendar, '.o_calendar_filter_item[data-id="2"] input:checked',
+            "checkbox should be checked");
+        await testUtils.dom.click(calendar.$('.o_calendar_filter_item[data-id="2"] input'));
+        assert.containsNone(calendar, '.o_calendar_filter_item[data-id="2"] input:checked',
+            "checkbox should not be checked");
+        assert.strictEqual(this.data.filter_partner.records.find(r => r.id === 2).partner_checked, false,
+            "the status of this filter should now be false");
+        await calendar.reload();
+        assert.containsNone(calendar, '.o_calendar_filter_item[data-id="2"] input:checked',
+            "checkbox should not be checked after the reload");
+        assert.strictEqual(this.data.filter_partner.records.find(r => r.id === 2).partner_checked, false,
+            "the status of this filter should still be false after the reload");
+        calendar.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('"all" filter', async function (assert) {
         assert.expect(8);
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/views.rst b/doc/reference/views.rst
index 935c426bc72..4acbe4259af 100644
--- a/doc/reference/views.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/views.rst
@@ -454,10 +454,11 @@ calendar view are:
   * ``avatar_field``
     only for x2many field, to display the avatar instead of the display_name
     in the cards
-  * ``write_model`` and ``write_field``
+  * ``write_model`` and ``write_field`` and ``filter_field``
 
     you can add a filter and save the result in the defined model, the
-    filter is added in the sidebar
+    filter is added in the sidebar. The ``filter_field`` is optionnal and allows
+    you to specify the field that will hold the status of the filter.
   * ``filter`` and ``color``
 
     use "True" to add this field in filter in the sidebar. You can specify
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng
index e2f2b05d39a..9c6d842d343 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="avatar_field" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="write_model" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="write_field" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="filter_field" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="text" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="optional" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-bf"/></rng:optional>