diff --git a/addons/analytic/analytic.py b/addons/analytic/analytic.py
index ff09349b8a2..d71b480f799 100644
--- a/addons/analytic/analytic.py
+++ b/addons/analytic/analytic.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class account_analytic_account(osv.osv):
         'date': fields.date('Date End', select=True),
         'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company', required=False), #not required because we want to allow different companies to use the same chart of account, except for leaf accounts.
         'state': fields.selection([('template', 'Template'),('draft','New'),('open','In Progress'), ('cancelled', 'Cancelled'),('pending','To Renew'),('close','Closed')], 'Status', required=True,),
-        'currency_id': fields.function(_currency, fnct_inv=_set_company_currency,
+        'currency_id': fields.function(_currency, fnct_inv=_set_company_currency, #the currency_id field is readonly except if it's a view account and if there is no company
             store = {
                 'res.company': (_get_analytic_account, ['currency_id'], 10),
             }, string='Currency', type='many2one', relation='res.currency'),
diff --git a/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml b/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml
index 51f5428002f..e434332f26b 100644
--- a/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml
+++ b/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                                 <field name="partner_id" on_change="on_change_partner_id(partner_id, name)" attrs="{'required':[('type','=','contract')]}"/>
                                 <field name="manager_id"/>
                                 <field name="code"/>
+                                <field name="currency_id" attrs="{'invisible': ['|',('type', &lt;&gt;, 'view'), ('company_id', &lt;&gt;, False)]}"/>
                             </group>
                             <group>
                                 <field name="type"/>