diff --git a/addons/analytic_contract_hr_expense/analytic_contract_hr_expense.py b/addons/analytic_contract_hr_expense/analytic_contract_hr_expense.py
index 8f24f12808b..35177ee3a66 100644
--- a/addons/analytic_contract_hr_expense/analytic_contract_hr_expense.py
+++ b/addons/analytic_contract_hr_expense/analytic_contract_hr_expense.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class account_analytic_account(osv.osv):
             'name': name,
             'view_type': 'form',
             'view_mode': 'tree,form',
+            'context':{'analytic_account':ids[0]},
             'domain' : domain,
             'res_model': 'hr.expense.expense',
             'nodestroy': True,
diff --git a/addons/hr_expense/hr_expense_view.xml b/addons/hr_expense/hr_expense_view.xml
index d4b7cbae1ce..22ed48dc15c 100644
--- a/addons/hr_expense/hr_expense_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_expense/hr_expense_view.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                     </group>
                     <notebook>
                         <page string="Description">
-                            <field name="line_ids" context="{'currency_id': currency_id}">
+                            <field name="line_ids" context="{'currency_id': currency_id, 'default_analytic_account': context.get('analytic_account')}">
                                 <form string="Expense Lines" version="7.0">
                                     <group>
                                         <group>