diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
index 1f8362d090e..2ec474bc2b3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
@@ -365,6 +365,16 @@ var InputField = DebouncedField.extend({
 var NumericField = InputField.extend({
     tagName: 'span',
 
+    /**
+     * @override
+     */
+    init() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.shouldFormat = Boolean(
+            JSON.parse('format' in this.nodeOptions ? this.nodeOptions.format : true)
+        );
+    },
+
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Public
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -427,7 +437,7 @@ var NumericField = InputField.extend({
      * @private
      */
     _formatValue: function (value) {
-        if (this.mode === 'edit' && this.nodeOptions.type === 'number') {
+        if (!this.shouldFormat || (this.mode === 'edit' && this.nodeOptions.type === 'number')) {
             return value;
         }
         return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
index 710dd66e40e..5ffd7251216 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
@@ -4812,6 +4812,70 @@ QUnit.module('basic_fields', {
         form.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('integer field without formatting', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(3);
+
+        this.data.partner.records = [{
+            'id': 999,
+            'int_field': 8069,
+        }];
+
+        var form = await createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                '<field name="int_field" options="{\'format\': \'false\'}"/>' +
+            '</form>',
+            res_id: 999,
+            translateParameters: {
+                thousands_sep: ",",
+                grouping: [3, 0],
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_form_view').hasClass('o_form_readonly'), 'Form in readonly mode');
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_field_widget[name=int_field]').text(), '8069',
+            'Integer value must not be formatted');
+        await testUtils.form.clickEdit(form);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_field_widget').val(), '8069',
+            'Integer value must not be formatted');
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test('integer field is formatted by default', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(3);
+
+        this.data.partner.records = [{
+            'id': 999,
+            'int_field': 8069,
+        }];
+
+        var form = await createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                '<field name="int_field" />' +
+            '</form>',
+            res_id: 999,
+            translateParameters: {
+                thousands_sep: ",",
+                grouping: [3, 0],
+            },
+        });
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_form_view').hasClass('o_form_readonly'), 'Form in readonly mode');
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_field_widget[name=int_field]').text(), '8,069',
+            'Integer value must be formatted by default');
+        await testUtils.form.clickEdit(form);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_field_widget').val(), '8,069',
+            'Integer value must be formatted by default');
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
 
     QUnit.module('FieldFloatTime');
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/javascript_reference.rst b/doc/reference/javascript_reference.rst
index f2b9685006f..9069916a250 100644
--- a/doc/reference/javascript_reference.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/javascript_reference.rst
@@ -1570,6 +1570,15 @@ order.
 
         <field name="int_value" options='{"type": "number", "step": 100}'/>
 
+    - format: should the number be formatted. (true by default)
+
+    By default, numbers are formatted according to locale parameters.
+        This option will prevent the field's value from being formatted.
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <field name="int_value" options='{"format": false}'/>
+
 - float (FieldFloat)
     This is the default field type for fields of type *float*.
 
@@ -1602,6 +1611,15 @@ order.
 
         <field name="int_value" options='{"type": "number", "step": 0.1}'/>
 
+    - format: should the number be formatted. (true by default)
+
+    By default, numbers are formatted according to locale parameters.
+        This option will prevent the field's value from being formatted.
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <field name="int_value" options='{"format": false}'/>
+
 - float_time (FieldFloatTime)
     The goal of this widget is to display properly a float value that represents
     a time interval (in hours).  So, for example, 0.5 should be formatted as 0:30,