diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index 6acecf0d07d..f3cf48d91a3 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 					<page string="Group">
 						<field name="name" colspan="4" select="1"/>
 						<field name="users" colspan="4"/>
+						<field name="comment" colspan="4"/>
 					</page>
 					<page string="Menus">
 						<field name="menu_access" colspan="4"/>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
index 33d247f12d2..2a227319db1 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class groups(osv.osv):
 		'rule_groups': fields.many2many('ir.rule.group', 'group_rule_group_rel',
 			'group_id', 'rule_group_id', 'Rules', domain="[('global', '<>', True)]"),
 		'menu_access': fields.many2many('ir.ui.menu', 'ir_ui_menu_group_rel', 'gid', 'menu_id', 'Access Menu'),
+		'comment' : fields.text('Comment',size=250),
 	}
 	_sql_constraints = [
 		('name_uniq', 'unique (name)', 'The name of the group must be unique !')