diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index f45649dfeb1..854946cdf97 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
   color: #4c4c4c;
   font-size: 13px;
   background: white;
-}
-.openerp a {
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-
-.openerp {
   /* http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html
    * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2855589/replace-input-type-file-by-an-image
    */
 }
+.openerp a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
 .openerp table {
   padding: 0;
   font-size: 13px;
@@ -1620,6 +1617,15 @@
   height: auto;
   line-height: 16px;
 }
+.openerp .oe_listview_nocontent > img {
+  float: left;
+  margin-right: 1.5em;
+}
+.openerp .oe_listview_nocontent > div {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  padding: 6px;
+  font-size: 125%;
+}
 .openerp .oe-listview-content {
   width: 100%;
 }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
index f95d843b689..98caeafbb29 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
@@ -78,12 +78,10 @@ $colour4: #8a89ba
     color: #4c4c4c
     font-size: 13px
     background: white
+    // }}}
+    // Tag reset {{{
     a
         text-decoration: none
-    // }}}
-
-.openerp
-    // Tag reset {{{
     table
         padding: 0
         font-size: 13px
@@ -1366,6 +1364,15 @@ $colour4: #8a89ba
 
     // }}}
     // ListView {{{
+    .oe_listview_nocontent
+        > img
+            float: left
+            margin-right: 1.5em
+        > div
+            // don't encroach on my arrow
+            overflow: hidden
+            padding: 6px
+            font-size: 125%
     .oe-listview-content
         width: 100%
         thead, tfoot
@@ -1480,7 +1487,6 @@ $colour4: #8a89ba
         .oe_tooltip_technical_title
             font-weight: bold
     // }}}
-
     // Debugging stuff {{{
     .oe_layout_debugging
         .oe_form_group
@@ -1519,4 +1525,3 @@ $colour4: #8a89ba
 
 // au BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.sass :!sass --style expanded --line-numbers <afile> > "%:p:r.css"
 // vim:tabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:softtabstop=4:fdm=marker:
-
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/img/list_empty_arrow.png b/addons/web/static/src/img/list_empty_arrow.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0b1372adfd
Binary files /dev/null and b/addons/web/static/src/img/list_empty_arrow.png differ
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/img/topbar-avatar.png b/addons/web/static/src/img/topbar-avatar.png
deleted file mode 100644
index a2c70ea7d49..00000000000
Binary files a/addons/web/static/src/img/topbar-avatar.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
index 1aa5847ec7d..c29957cac2d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
@@ -770,6 +770,17 @@ instance.web.ListView = instance.web.View.extend( /** @lends instance.web.ListVi
                     .attr('colspan', this.previous_colspan);
             this.previous_colspan = null;
         }
+    },
+    no_result: function () {
+        if (this.groups.group_by
+            || !this.options.action
+            || !this.options.action.help) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.$element.children('table').replaceWith(
+            $('<div class="oe_listview_nocontent">')
+                .append($('<img>', { src: '/web/static/src/img/list_empty_arrow.png' }))
+                .append($('<div>').html(this.options.action.help)));
     }
 });
 instance.web.ListView.List = instance.web.Class.extend( /** @lends instance.web.ListView.List# */{
@@ -1367,6 +1378,9 @@ instance.web.ListView.Groups = instance.web.Class.extend( /** @lends instance.we
             self.records.add(records, {silent: true});
             list.render();
             d.resolve(list);
+            if (_.isEmpty(records)) {
+                view.no_result();
+            }
         });});
         return d.promise();
     },