diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
index 8c50ecc0c7f..8cf94a43362 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ if (!openerp.base_dashboard) {
     openerp.base_dashboard = {};
 }
 openerp.base_dashboard.ConfigOverview = openerp.base.View.extend({
+    template: 'ConfigOverview',
     init: function (parent, element_id) {
         this._super(parent, element_id);
         this.dataset = new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ openerp.base_dashboard.ConfigOverview = openerp.base.View.extend({
             })
             .groupBy(function (record) {return record.category})
             .value();
-        this.$element.html(QWeb.render('ConfigOverview', {
+        this.$element.html(QWeb.render('ConfigOverview.content', {
             completion: 100 * progress.done / progress.total,
             groups: grouped_todos
         }));
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ openerp.base_dashboard.ConfigOverview = openerp.base.View.extend({
 openerp.base.client_actions.add(
     'board.home.applications', 'openerp.base_dashboard.ApplicationTiles');
 openerp.base_dashboard.ApplicationTiles = openerp.base.View.extend({
+    template: 'ApplicationTiles',
     start: function () {
         var self = this;
         return new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ openerp.base_dashboard.ApplicationTiles = openerp.base.View.extend({
                 }
                 self.$element
                     .append(QWeb.render(
-                        'ApplicationTiles', {rows: rows}))
+                        'ApplicationTiles.content', {rows: rows}))
                     .find('.oe-dashboard-home-tile')
                         .click(function () {
                             var $this = $(this);
@@ -372,6 +374,7 @@ openerp.base_dashboard.ApplicationTiles = openerp.base.View.extend({
 openerp.base.client_actions.add(
     'board.home.widgets', 'openerp.base_dashboard.Widgets');
 openerp.base_dashboard.Widgets = openerp.base.View.extend({
+    template: 'HomeWidgets',
     start: function () {
         return new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(
                 this, 'res.widget.user', null,
diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
index ad432348c38..51657dfd068 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
         </board>
     </form>
 </t>
-<div t-name="ConfigOverview" class="oe-dashboard-config-overview">
+<div t-name="ConfigOverview" class="oe-dashboard-config-overview"/>
+<t t-name="ConfigOverview.content">
     <div class="oe-config-progress">
         <h6 class="oe-config-progress-title">
             progress: <t t-esc="Math.round(completion)"/>%
@@ -88,30 +89,28 @@
         </t>
 
     </dl>
-</div>
-<div t-name="ApplicationTiles" class="oe-dashboard-home-tiles">
-    <table width="100%">
-        <tr t-foreach="rows" t-as="row">
-            <td t-foreach="row" t-as="application" width="33.3%">
-                <div class="oe-dashboard-home-tile"
-                     t-att-data-menuid="application.id">
-                    <div class="oe-dashboard-home-tile-icon">
-                        <img t-if="application.web_icon_data"
-                            t-att-src="'data:image/png;base64,' + application.web_icon_data"
-                        /><img t-if="application.web_icon_hover_data" class="hover"
-                            t-att-src="'data:image/png;base64,' + application.web_icon_hover_data"/>
-                    </div>
-                    <span><t t-esc="application.name"/></span>
+</t>
+<div t-name="ApplicationTiles" class="oe-dashboard-home-tiles"/>
+<table t-name="ApplicationTiles.content" width="100%">
+    <tr t-foreach="rows" t-as="row">
+        <td t-foreach="row" t-as="application" width="33.3%">
+            <div class="oe-dashboard-home-tile"
+                 t-att-data-menuid="application.id">
+                <div class="oe-dashboard-home-tile-icon">
+                    <img t-if="application.web_icon_data"
+                        t-att-src="'data:image/png;base64,' + application.web_icon_data"
+                    /><img t-if="application.web_icon_hover_data" class="hover"
+                        t-att-src="'data:image/png;base64,' + application.web_icon_hover_data"/>
                 </div>
-            </td>
-        </tr>
-    </table>
-</div>
-<div t-name="HomeWidgets" class="oe-dashboard-home-widgets">
-    <div class="oe-dashboard-home-widgets-widget"
-         t-foreach="widgets" t-as="widget">
-        <h3><t t-esc="widget.title"/></h3>
-        <iframe width="100%" frameborder="0" t-att-src="url + widget.id"/>
-    </div>
+                <span><t t-esc="application.name"/></span>
+            </div>
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+</table>
+<div t-name="HomeWidgets" class="oe-dashboard-home-widgets"/>
+<div t-name="HomeWidgets.content" class="oe-dashboard-home-widgets-widget"
+     t-foreach="widgets" t-as="widget">
+    <h3><t t-esc="widget.title"/></h3>
+    <iframe width="100%" frameborder="0" t-att-src="url + widget.id"/>
 </div>
 </template>