diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/base.sql b/openerp/addons/base/base.sql
index f2cb77709ed..26d70b7ede6 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/base.sql
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/base.sql
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ CREATE TABLE ir_module_module (
     write_date timestamp without time zone,
     write_uid integer references res_users on delete set null,
     website character varying(256),
+    summary character varying(256),
     name character varying(128) NOT NULL,
     author character varying(128),
     url character varying(128),
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
index 1a0932ac7cf..49a65acebca 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ class module(osv.osv):
             'application': terp.get('application', False),
             'auto_install': terp.get('auto_install', False),
             'icon': terp.get('icon', False),
+            'summary': terp.get('summary', ''),
         }
 
     # update the list of available packages
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
index 5624c8ff58c..bd74abfa92d 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                 <search string="Search modules">
                     <group col='10' colspan='4'>
                         <field name="name" filter_domain="['|', ('name','ilike',self), ('shortdesc','ilike',self)]" string="Module"/>
-                        <field name="description" string="Keywords"/>
+                        <field name="description" string="Keywords" filter_domain="['|', ('description', 'ilike', self), ('summary', 'ilike', self)]"/>
                         <separator orientation="vertical"/>
                         <filter name="app" icon="terp-check" string="Apps" domain="[('application', '=', 1)]"/>
                         <filter name="extra" icon="terp-check" string="Extra" domain="[('application', '=', 0)]"/>
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
                   <field name="icon"/>
                   <field name="name"/>
                   <field name="state"/>
+                  <field name="summary"/>
                   <templates>
                     <t t-name="kanban-box">
                       <div class="oe_module_vignette oe_kanban_auto_height">
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@
                         <div class="oe_module_desc">
                           <h4><a type="edit"><field name="shortdesc"/></a></h4>
                           <p class="oe_module_name">
-                             <field name="name"/><br/>
+                             <t t-if="record.summary.raw_value"><field name="summary"/><br/></t>
+                             <i><field name="name" groups="base.group_no_one"/></i>
                           </p>
                           <button type="object" name="button_immediate_install" states="uninstalled">Install</button>
                           <button t-if="installed" disabled="disabled">Installed</button>
diff --git a/openerp/modules/db.py b/openerp/modules/db.py
index 2449efc7fcd..7490631a3b9 100644
--- a/openerp/modules/db.py
+++ b/openerp/modules/db.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def initialize(cr):
 
         cr.execute('INSERT INTO ir_module_module \
                 (author, website, name, shortdesc, description, \
-                    category_id, auto_install, state, certificate, web, license, application, icon, sequence) \
-                VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s) RETURNING id', (
+                    category_id, auto_install, state, certificate, web, license, application, icon, sequence, summary) \
+                VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s) RETURNING id', (
             info['author'],
             info['website'], i, info['name'],
             info['description'], category_id,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def initialize(cr):
             info['web'],
             info['license'],
             info['application'], info['icon'],
-            info['sequence']))
+            info['sequence'], info['summary']))
         id = cr.fetchone()[0]
         cr.execute('INSERT INTO ir_model_data \
             (name,model,module, res_id, noupdate) VALUES (%s,%s,%s,%s,%s)', (
diff --git a/openerp/modules/module.py b/openerp/modules/module.py
index 265a23190e5..b1d4de31bce 100644
--- a/openerp/modules/module.py
+++ b/openerp/modules/module.py
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ def load_information_from_description_file(module):
                 'web': False,
                 'website': '',
                 'sequence': 100,
+                'summary': '',
             }
             info.update(itertools.izip(
                 'depends data demo test init_xml update_xml demo_xml'.split(),