diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
index 3d5c14e0b10..322b284a742 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
@@ -280,14 +280,7 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend(WidgetAdapterMixin, {
         // should be attached if not given, the tooltip is attached on the
         // widget's $el
         $node = $node.length ? $node : widget.$el;
-        $node.tooltip({
-            title: function () {
-                return qweb.render('WidgetLabel.tooltip', {
-                    debug: config.isDebug(),
-                    widget: widget,
-                });
-            }
-        });
+        $node.tooltip(this._getTooltipOptions(widget));
     },
     /**
      * Does the necessary DOM updates to match the given modifiers data. The
@@ -413,6 +406,22 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend(WidgetAdapterMixin, {
     _getRecord: function (recordId) {
         return null;
     },
+    /**
+     * Get the options for the tooltip. This allow to change this options in another module.
+     * @param widget
+     * @return {{}}
+     * @private
+     */
+    _getTooltipOptions: function (widget) {
+        return {
+            title: function () {
+                return qweb.render('WidgetLabel.tooltip', {
+                    debug: config.isDebug(),
+                    widget: widget,
+                });
+            }
+        };
+    },
     /**
      * @private
      * @param {jQueryElement} $el