diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
index 09406b43711..38fc0cad439 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
@@ -1298,6 +1298,25 @@ var FieldBinaryFile = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
     },
 });
 
+var FieldBinaryDownloadLink = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
+    template: 'FieldBinaryDownloadLink',
+    events: _.extend({}, AbstractFieldBinary.prototype.events, {
+        'click': function (ev) {
+            ev.stopPropagation();
+        },
+    }),
+    supportedFieldTypes: ['binary'],
+    init: function () {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.filename = _t("Binary File");
+        if (this.nodeOptions.filename && this.recordData[this.nodeOptions.filename]) {
+            this.filename = this.recordData[this.nodeOptions.filename];
+        }
+        this.url = "data:application/octet-stream;base64," + this.value;
+        this.text = _t("Download");
+    },
+});
+
 var PriorityWidget = AbstractField.extend({
     // the current implementation of this widget makes it
     // only usable for fields of type selection
@@ -2528,6 +2547,7 @@ return {
     TranslatableFieldMixin: TranslatableFieldMixin,
     DebouncedField: DebouncedField,
     FieldEmail: FieldEmail,
+    FieldBinaryDownloadLink: FieldBinaryDownloadLink,
     FieldBinaryFile: FieldBinaryFile,
     FieldBinaryImage: FieldBinaryImage,
     FieldBoolean: FieldBoolean,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
index 6692663d5f9..85b4fc1187f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ registry
     .add('email', basic_fields.FieldEmail)
     .add('phone', basic_fields.FieldPhone)
     .add('url', basic_fields.UrlWidget)
+    .add('download_link', basic_fields.FieldBinaryDownloadLink)
     .add('image', basic_fields.FieldBinaryImage)
     .add('binary', basic_fields.FieldBinaryFile)
     .add('monetary', basic_fields.FieldMonetary)
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
index 6a6ad5a7a98..812a7f380f7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ var _t = core._t;
 // Formatting
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/**
+ * 
+ * @param {string} value base64 representation of the binary
+ * @param {Object} [field]
+ *        a description of the field (note: this parameter is ignored) 
+ * @param {Object} [options] additional options (note: this parameter is ignored)
+ */
+function formatBinary(value, field, options) {
+    if (!value) {
+        return '';
+    }
+    return utils.human_size(value.length / 1.37); // base64 estimated size: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME
+}
+
 /**
  * @todo Really? it returns a jQuery element...  We should try to avoid this and
  * let DOM utility functions handle this directly. And replace this with a
@@ -561,7 +575,7 @@ function parseMany2one(value) {
 
 return {
     format: {
-        binary: _.identity, // todo
+        binary: formatBinary,
         boolean: formatBoolean,
         char: formatChar,
         date: formatDate,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 5df2c0ec3f7..8c69bb3439a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@
         </t>
     </div>
 </t>
+<t t-name="FieldBinaryDownloadLink">
+    <a t-att-download="widget.filename" t-att-href="widget.url"><t t-esc="widget.text"/></a>
+</t>
 <t t-name="HiddenInputFile">
     <div t-attf-class="o_hidden_input_file #{fileupload_class or ''}" t-att-style="fileupload_style">
         <form class="o_form_binary_form" t-att-target="fileupload_id"
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
index 9ea423250e4..a2f59a68e2a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
@@ -1481,6 +1481,40 @@ QUnit.module('basic_fields', {
         session.get_file = oldGetFile;
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('download_link widget in list view', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(5);
+        
+        this.data.partner.fields.filename = { string: "Filename", type: "char" };
+        this.data.partner.records[0].filename = "document.txt";
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree string="Partners">' +
+                      '<field name="document" widget="download_link" options="{\'filename\': \'filename\'}"/>' +
+                      '<field name="filename"/>' +
+                  '</tree>',
+            res_id: 1,
+        });
+
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_data_cell').first().hasClass("o_download_link_cell"),
+            "this should be a download link cell");
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_data_cell').first().find('a').eq(0),
+            "there should be a link in the cell");
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_data_cell').first().find('a').eq(0).attr('download'),
+            "document.txt",
+            "it should download a file named 'document.txt'");
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_data_cell').first().find('a').eq(0).attr('href').trim(),
+            "data:application/octet-stream;base64,coucou==",
+            "it should have the appropriate link of a binary");
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_data_cell').first().find('a').eq(0).text(),
+            "Download",
+            "the text of the link should be 'Download'");
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('text field rendering in list view', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(1);
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js
index 1f8c27e7192..e24571ea1d8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ QUnit.test('format one2many', function(assert) {
     assert.strictEqual(fieldUtils.format.one2many({data: [1, 2]}), '2 records');
 });
 
+QUnit.test('format binary', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(1);
+
+    // base64 estimated size (bytes) = value.length / 1.37 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME)
+    // Here: 4 / 1.37 = 2.91970800 => 2.92 (rounded 2 decimals by utils.human_size)
+    assert.strictEqual(fieldUtils.format.binary('Cg=='), '2.92 Bytes');
+
+});
+
 QUnit.test('parse float', function(assert) {
     assert.expect(10);