diff --git a/addons/hr/static/src/js/language.js b/addons/hr/static/src/js/language.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35140c7f28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/hr/static/src/js/language.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+odoo.define('hr.employee_language', function (require) {
+'use strict';
+
+var FormController = require('web.FormController');
+var FormView = require('web.FormView');
+var viewRegistry = require('web.view_registry');
+
+var EmployeeFormController = FormController.extend({
+    saveRecord: function () {
+        var self = this;
+        return this._super.apply(this, arguments).then(function () {
+            if (arguments[0].indexOf('lang') >= 0) {
+                self.do_action('reload_context');
+            }
+        });
+    },
+});
+
+var EmployeeProfileFormView = FormView.extend({
+    config: _.extend({}, FormView.prototype.config, {
+        Controller: EmployeeFormController,
+    }),
+});
+
+viewRegistry.add('hr_employee_profile_form', EmployeeProfileFormView);
+return EmployeeProfileFormView;
+});
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
index 99a33ef3185..8197751d378 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         <xpath expr="." position="inside">
             <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/hr/static/src/scss/hr.scss"/>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/chat.js"></script>
+            <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/language.js"></script>
         </xpath>
     </template>
 </odoo>
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml b/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml
index 1ba632a90a1..f6259a0e650 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <field name="inherit_id" ref="res_users_view_form_simple_modif"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form position="replace">
-                <form>
+                <form create="false" js_class="hr_employee_profile_form">
                     <field name="hr_presence_state" invisible="1"/>
                     <header></header> <!-- Used by other modules to add buttons -->
                     <sheet>