diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
index 4fc11cd1172..53a1c619e88 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ body.openerp {
 }
 .openerp input.field_date {
     background: url('../img/ui/field_calendar.png') no-repeat right center;
+    background-origin: content-box;
+    -moz-background-origin: content;
+    -moz-background-origin: content-box;
+    -webkit-background-origin: content-box;
 }
 
 /* Widgets */
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 4f04fe21761..052d6e51942 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@
         <span t-if="attrs.help">(?)</span>
     </label>
     <div style="white-space: nowrap;" t-att-id="element_id">
-        <input t-att-name="attrs.name" class="field_date"
+        <input t-att-name="attrs.name" type="text" class="field_date"
                t-att-value="defaults[attrs.name] || ''"/>
         to
-        <input t-att-name="attrs.name" class="field_date"
+        <input t-att-name="attrs.name" type="text" class="field_date"
                t-att-value="defaults[attrs.name] || ''"/>
         <t t-if="filters.length" t-raw="filters.render(defaults)"/>
     </div>