diff --git a/addons/hr/static/src/js/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee.js b/addons/hr/static/src/js/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64da43ecbb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/hr/static/src/js/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+odoo.define('hr.StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee', function (require) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    const StandaloneFieldManagerMixin = require('web.StandaloneFieldManagerMixin');
+    const Widget = require('web.Widget');
+
+    const { Many2OneAvatarEmployee } = require('hr.Many2OneAvatarEmployee');
+
+    const StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee = Widget.extend(StandaloneFieldManagerMixin, {
+        className: 'o_standalone_avatar_employee',
+
+        /**
+         * @override
+         */
+        init(parent, value) {
+            this._super(...arguments);
+            StandaloneFieldManagerMixin.init.call(this);
+            this.value = value;
+        },
+        /**
+         * @override
+         */
+        willStart() {
+            return Promise.all([this._super(...arguments), this._makeAvatarWidget()]);
+        },
+        /**
+         * @override
+         */
+        start() {
+            this.avatarWidget.$el.appendTo(this.$el);
+            return this._super(...arguments);
+        },
+
+        //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Private
+        //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        /**
+         * Create a record, and initialize and start the avatar widget.
+         *
+         * @private
+         * @returns {Promise}
+         */
+        async _makeAvatarWidget() {
+            const modelName = 'hr.employee';
+            const fieldName = 'employee_id';
+            const recordId = await this.model.makeRecord(modelName, [{
+                name: fieldName,
+                relation: modelName,
+                type: 'many2one',
+                value: this.value,
+            }]);
+            const state = this.model.get(recordId);
+            this.avatarWidget = new Many2OneAvatarEmployee(this, fieldName, state);
+            this._registerWidget(recordId, fieldName, this.avatarWidget);
+            return this.avatarWidget.appendTo(document.createDocumentFragment());
+        },
+    });
+
+    return StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee;
+});
diff --git a/addons/hr/static/tests/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee_tests.js b/addons/hr/static/tests/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..976cd34da50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/hr/static/tests/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+odoo.define('hr.StandaloneM2OEmployeeTests', function (require) {
+    "use strict";
+
+    const { xml } = owl.tags;
+
+    const AbstractRendererOwl = require('web.AbstractRendererOwl');
+    const BasicView = require("web.BasicView");
+    const BasicRenderer = require("web.BasicRenderer");
+    const RendererWrapper = require('web.RendererWrapper');
+    const { createView } = require('web.test_utils');
+
+    const StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee = require('hr.StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee');
+
+    function getHtmlRenderer(html) {
+        return BasicRenderer.extend({
+            start: function () {
+                this.$el.html(html);
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function getOwlView(owlRenderer, viewType) {
+        viewType = viewType || "test";
+        return BasicView.extend({
+            viewType: viewType,
+            config: Object.assign({}, BasicView.prototype.config, {
+                Renderer: owlRenderer,
+            }),
+            getRenderer() {
+                return new RendererWrapper(null, this.config.Renderer, {});
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function getHtmlView(html, viewType) {
+        viewType = viewType || "test";
+        return BasicView.extend({
+            viewType: viewType,
+            config: Object.assign({}, BasicView.prototype.config, {
+                Renderer: getHtmlRenderer(html)
+            })
+        });
+    }
+
+    QUnit.module('hr', {}, function () {
+        QUnit.module('StandaloneM2OEmployeeTests', {
+            beforeEach: function () {
+                this.data = {
+                    'foo': {
+                        fields: {
+                            employee_id: {string: "Employee", type: 'many2one', relation: 'hr.employee'},
+                        },
+                        records: [],
+                    },
+                    'hr.employee': {
+                        fields: {},
+                        records: [
+                            {id: 10, name: "Mario"},
+                            {id: 20, name: "Luigi"},
+                            {id: 30, name: "Yoshi"}
+                        ],
+                    },
+                };
+            },
+        });
+
+        QUnit.test('standalone_m2o_avatar_employee: legacy view', async function (assert) {
+            assert.expect(1);
+
+            const html = "<div class='coucou_test'></div>";
+            const view = await createView({
+                View: getHtmlView(html, "test"),
+                data: this.data,
+                model: "foo",
+                arch: "<test/>"
+            });
+
+            const avatar10 = new StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee(view, 10);
+            const avatar20 = new StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee(view, 20);
+            const avatar30 = new StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee(view, [30, 'Bowser']);
+
+            await avatar10.appendTo(view.el.querySelector('.coucou_test'));
+            await avatar20.appendTo(view.el.querySelector('.coucou_test'));
+            await avatar30.appendTo(view.el.querySelector('.coucou_test'));
+
+            assert.deepEqual(
+                [...view.el.querySelectorAll('.o_field_many2one_avatar span')].map(el => el.innerText),
+                ["Mario", "Luigi", "Bowser"]
+            );
+
+            view.destroy();
+        });
+
+        QUnit.test('standalone_m2o_avatar_employee: Owl view', async function (assert) {
+            assert.expect(1);
+
+            class Renderer extends AbstractRendererOwl { }
+            Renderer.template = xml`<div class='coucou_test'></div>`;
+
+            const view = await createView({
+                View: getOwlView(Renderer, "test"),
+                data: this.data,
+                model: "foo",
+                arch: "<test/>"
+            });
+
+            const avatar10 = new StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee(view, 10);
+            const avatar20 = new StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee(view, 20);
+            const avatar30 = new StandaloneM2OAvatarEmployee(view, [30, 'Bowser']);
+
+            await avatar10.appendTo(view.el.querySelector('.coucou_test'));
+            await avatar20.appendTo(view.el.querySelector('.coucou_test'));
+            await avatar30.appendTo(view.el.querySelector('.coucou_test'));
+
+            assert.deepEqual(
+                [...view.el.querySelectorAll('.o_field_many2one_avatar span')].map(el => el.innerText),
+                ["Mario", "Luigi", "Bowser"]
+            );
+
+            view.destroy();
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
index 2cfac7e0cc8..d959b96506b 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/chat.js"></script>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/language.js"></script>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/many2one_avatar_employee.js"></script>
+            <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee.js"></script>
         </xpath>
     </template>
 
     <template id="qunit_suite" name="hr tests" inherit_id="web.qunit_suite_tests">
         <xpath expr="." position="inside">
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/tests/many2one_avatar_employee_tests.js"></script>
+            <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/tests/standalone_m2o_avatar_employee_tests.js"></script>
         </xpath>
     </template>
 </odoo>