diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_service.js b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_service.js
index 684421f8e68..a398562510f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_service.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_service.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const { whenReady } = owl;
  * The opening delay can be modified with the "data-tooltip-delay" attribute (default: 400):
  *   <button data-tooltip="This is a tooltip" data-tooltip-delay="0">Do something</button>
  *
+ * The default behaviour on touch devices to open the tooltip can be modified from "hold-to-show"
+ * to "tap-to-show" "with the data-tooltip-touch-tap-to-show" attribute:
+ *  <button data-tooltip="This is a tooltip" data-tooltip-touch-tap-to-show="true">Do something</button>
+ *
  * For advanced tooltips containing dynamic and/or html content, the
  * "data-tooltip-template" and "data-tooltip-info" attributes can be used.
  * For example, let's suppose the following qweb template:
@@ -188,12 +192,20 @@ export const tooltipService = {
             if (hasTouch()) {
                 document.body.addEventListener("touchstart", onTouchStart);
 
-                document.body.addEventListener("touchend", () => {
-                    touchPressed = false;
+                document.body.addEventListener("touchend", (ev) => {
+                    if (ev.target.matches("[data-tooltip], [data-tooltip-template]")) {
+                        if (!ev.target.dataset.tooltipTouchTapToShow) {
+                            touchPressed = false;
+                        }
+                    }
                 });
 
-                document.body.addEventListener("touchcancel", () => {
-                    touchPressed = false;
+                document.body.addEventListener("touchcancel", (ev) => {
+                    if (ev.target.matches("[data-tooltip], [data-tooltip-template]")) {
+                        if (!ev.target.dataset.tooltipTouchTapToShow) {
+                            touchPressed = false;
+                        }
+                    }
                 });
 
                 return;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_label.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_label.js
index ea79db9e04d..d9e826d333e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_label.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_label.js
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ export class FormLabel extends Component {
 }
 FormLabel.template = xml`
   <label class="o_form_label" t-att-for="props.id" t-att-class="className" >
-    <t t-esc="props.string"/><sup class="btn-link p-2" t-if="hasTooltip" t-att="{'data-tooltip-template': 'web.FieldTooltip', 'data-tooltip-info': tooltipInfo}">?</sup>
+    <t t-esc="props.string"/><sup class="btn-link p-2" t-if="hasTooltip" t-att="{'data-tooltip-template': 'web.FieldTooltip', 'data-tooltip-info': tooltipInfo, 'data-tooltip-touch-tap-to-show': 'true'}">?</sup>
   </label>
 `;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_service_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_service_tests.js
index 5c1c5a9f4b2..b2b1f7a0788 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_service_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_service_tests.js
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ QUnit.module("Tooltip service", (hooks) => {
         await nextTick();
     });
 
-    QUnit.test("touch rendering", async (assert) => {
+    QUnit.test("touch rendering - hold-to-show", async (assert) => {
         class MyComponent extends Component {}
         MyComponent.template = xml`<button data-tooltip="hello">Action</button>`;
         let simulateTimeout;
@@ -414,4 +414,41 @@ QUnit.module("Tooltip service", (hooks) => {
         await nextTick();
         assert.containsNone(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("touch rendering - tap-to-show", async (assert) => {
+        class MyComponent extends Component {}
+        MyComponent.template = xml`<button data-tooltip="hello" data-tooltip-touch-tap-to-show="true">Action</button>`;
+        let simulateTimeout;
+        const mockSetTimeout = (fn) => {
+            simulateTimeout = fn;
+        };
+        let simulateInterval;
+        const mockSetInterval = (fn) => {
+            simulateInterval = fn;
+        };
+        const mockOnTouchStart = () => {};
+        await makeParent(MyComponent, { mockSetTimeout, mockSetInterval, mockOnTouchStart });
+
+        assert.containsNone(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
+        await triggerEvent(target, "button[data-tooltip]", "touchstart");
+        await nextTick();
+        assert.containsNone(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
+
+        simulateTimeout();
+        await nextTick();
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            target.querySelector(".o_popover_container .o_popover").innerText,
+            "hello"
+        );
+
+        await triggerEvent(target, "button[data-tooltip]", "touchend");
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
+        simulateInterval();
+        await nextTick();
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
+
+        await triggerEvent(target, "button[data-tooltip]", "touchstart");
+        assert.containsNone(target, ".o_popover_container .o_popover");
+    });
 });