diff --git a/addons/web/controllers/main.py b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
index 26e7d6baba6..acf4685ea40 100644
--- a/addons/web/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
@@ -965,6 +965,10 @@ class View(openerpweb.Controller):
             xml = ElementTree.fromstring(arch)
         fvg['arch'] = common.xml2json.from_elementtree(xml, preserve_whitespaces)
 
+        if 'id' in fvg['fields']:
+            # Special case for id's
+            fvg['fields']['id']['type'] = 'id'
+
         for field in fvg['fields'].itervalues():
             if field.get('views'):
                 for view in field["views"].itervalues():
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
index 7f220d0aa54..eb7d6c335ac 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ openerp.web.format_value = function (value, descriptor, value_if_empty) {
     }
     var l10n = _t.database.parameters;
     switch (descriptor.widget || descriptor.type) {
+        case 'id':
+            return value.toString();
         case 'integer':
             return openerp.web.insert_thousand_seps(
                 _.str.sprintf('%d', value));
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 853337a2a08..113fc1185ed 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -3227,6 +3227,7 @@ openerp.web.form.widgets = new openerp.web.Registry({
     'label' : 'openerp.web.form.WidgetLabel',
     'button' : 'openerp.web.form.WidgetButton',
     'char' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldChar',
+    'id' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldChar',
     'email' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldEmail',
     'url' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldUrl',
     'text' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldText',
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
index 7057a454bca..d5c37419764 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ openerp.web.page = function (openerp) {
     openerp.web.page.readonly = openerp.web.form.widgets.clone({
         'frame': 'openerp.web.page.WidgetFrameReadonly',
         'char': 'openerp.web.page.FieldCharReadonly',
+        'id': 'openerp.web.page.FieldCharReadonly',
         'email': 'openerp.web.page.FieldEmailReadonly',
         'url': 'openerp.web.page.FieldUrlReadonly',
         'text': 'openerp.web.page.FieldCharReadonly',