diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py b/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
index 71f465d552c..01d768cc8b3 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ class account_asset_category(osv.osv):
         'method_progress_factor': 0.3,
     }
 
+    def onchange_account_asset(self, cr, uid, ids, account_asset_id, context=None):
+        res = {'value':{}}
+        if account_asset_id:
+           res['value'] = {'account_depreciation_id': account_asset_id}
+        return res
+
 account_asset_category()
 
 #class one2many_mod_asset(fields.one2many):
diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
index 7650102ef85..73d88079c09 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                 <field name="company_id" widget="selection" groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
                 <separator string="Accounting information" colspan="4" />
                 <field name="journal_id"/>
-                <field name="account_asset_id"/>
+                <field name="account_asset_id" on_change="onchange_account_asset(account_asset_id)"/>
                 <field name="account_depreciation_id"/>
                 <field name="account_expense_depreciation_id"/>
                 <group colspan="2" col="2">