diff --git a/openerp/osv/fields.py b/openerp/osv/fields.py
index 4ff23956050..b361ab664b6 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/fields.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/fields.py
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ class char(_column):
 class text(_column):
     _type = 'text'
 
+class html(text):
+    _type = 'html'
+
 import __builtin__
 
 class float(_column):
diff --git a/openerp/osv/orm.py b/openerp/osv/orm.py
index 563c514726c..069664cfebe 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/orm.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/orm.py
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ FIELDS_TO_PGTYPES = {
     fields.boolean: 'bool',
     fields.integer: 'int4',
     fields.text: 'text',
+    fields.html: 'text',
     fields.date: 'date',
     fields.datetime: 'timestamp',
     fields.binary: 'bytea',