diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
index b99db1241f9..a2e6008be2a 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -40,12 +40,33 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend({
     do_fill_table: function(records) {
         this.rows = records;
 
-        var table = this.$element.find('table');
+
+        var $table = this.$element.find('table');
         // remove all data lines
-        table.find('tr:first').nextAll().remove();
+        $table.find('tbody').remove();
+
         // add new content
-        table.append(QWeb.render("ListView.rows", {
-                columns: this.columns, rows: this.rows}));
+        var columns = this.columns;
+        var rows = this.rows;
+        // Paginate by groups of 50 for rendering
+        var PAGE_SIZE = 50;
+        var bodies_count = Math.ceil(this.rows.length / PAGE_SIZE);
+        var body = 0;
+        var $body = $('<tbody>').appendTo($table);
+        var render_body = function () {
+            setTimeout(function () {
+                $body.append(
+                    QWeb.render("ListView.rows", {
+                        columns: columns,
+                        rows: rows.slice(body*PAGE_SIZE, (body+1)*PAGE_SIZE)
+                }));
+                ++body;
+                if (body < bodies_count) {
+                    render_body();
+                }
+            }, 0);
+        };
+        render_body();
     },
     on_select_row: function (event) {
         // count number of preceding siblings to line clicked, that's the one
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 2e5ac44d0fa..e04de920943 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -170,13 +170,15 @@
     </table>
 </t>
 <t t-name="ListView.header">
-    <t t-foreach="columns" t-as="column">
-        <th t-if="column.invisible !== '1'">
-            <t t-if="column.tag !== 'button'">
-                <t t-esc="column.string"/>
-            </t>
-        </th>
-    </t>
+    <thead>
+        <t t-foreach="columns" t-as="column">
+            <th t-if="column.invisible !== '1'">
+                <t t-if="column.tag !== 'button'">
+                    <t t-esc="column.string"/>
+                </t>
+            </th>
+        </t>
+    </thead>
 </t>
 <t t-name="ListView.rows" t-foreach="rows" t-as="row">
     <t t-call="ListView.row"/>