diff --git a/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule_view.xml b/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule_view.xml
index 8daf7ed1c6c..42c3cda41d2 100644
--- a/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule_view.xml
+++ b/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule_view.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                                             class="oe_inline"/>
                                         <div class="oe_edit_only oe_inline">Set selection based on a search filter:
                                             <field name="filter_pre_id" domain="[('model_id', '=', model), '|', ('user_id', '=', uid), ('user_id', '=', False)]"
-                                                class="oe_inline" context="{'default_model_id': model}"
+                                                class="oe_inline" context="{'default_model_id': model, 'default_active': False, 'active_test': False}"
                                                 on_change="onchange_filter_pre_id(filter_pre_id, context)"/></div>
                                     </div>
                                     <label for="filter_id"/>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                                             class="oe_inline"/>
                                         <div class="oe_edit_only oe_inline">Set selection based on a search filter:
                                             <field name="filter_id" domain="[('model_id', '=', model), '|', ('user_id', '=', uid), ('user_id', '=', False)]"
-                                                class="oe_inline" context="{'default_model_id': model}"
+                                                class="oe_inline" context="{'default_model_id': model, 'default_active': False, 'active_test': False}"
                                                 on_change="onchange_filter_id(filter_id, context)"/></div>
                                     </div>
                                     <field name="on_change_fields"
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py
index 4f578f9975c..3f2b5ee13e3 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.py
@@ -145,13 +145,15 @@ class ir_filters(osv.osv):
         'action_id': fields.many2one('ir.actions.actions', 'Action', ondelete='cascade',
                                      help="The menu action this filter applies to. "
                                           "When left empty the filter applies to all menus "
-                                          "for this model.")
+                                          "for this model."),
+        'active': fields.boolean('Active')
     }
     _defaults = {
         'domain': '[]',
         'context':'{}',
         'sort': '[]',
         'user_id': lambda self,cr,uid,context=None: uid,
-        'is_default': False
+        'is_default': False,
+        'active': True
     }
     _order = 'model_id, name, id desc'
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.xml b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.xml
index ce5bee47c7f..baf372de7b1 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_filters.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
                         <field name="model_id"/>
                         <field name="is_default"/>
                         <field name="action_id"/>
+                        <field name="active"/>
                     </group>
                     <group>
                         <field name="domain"/>