diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/core/dialog/dialog.js b/addons/web/static/src/core/dialog/dialog.js
index f8790f5707f..50195e8fa23 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/core/dialog/dialog.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/core/dialog/dialog.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class Dialog extends Component {
             this.data.close();
         });
         this.id = `dialog_${this.data.id}`;
-        useChildSubEnv({ inDialog: true, dialogId: this.id });
+        useChildSubEnv({ inDialog: true, dialogId: this.id, closeDialog: this.data.close });
 
         owl.onWillDestroy(() => {
             if (this.env.isSmall) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js
index 34bebefcd01..d9f2927d2f5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export function processButton(node) {
         options: JSON.parse(node.getAttribute("options") || "{}"),
         modifiers: JSON.parse(node.getAttribute("modifiers") || "{}"),
         clickParams: {
+            close: archParseBoolean(node.getAttribute("close"), false),
             context: node.getAttribute("context") || "{}",
             name: node.getAttribute("name"),
             type: node.getAttribute("type"),
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button_hook.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button_hook.js
index d47a88b960c..8d690bda19a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button_hook.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button_hook.js
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ export function useViewButtons(model, ref, options = {}) {
         (() => {
             return true;
         });
-    const afterExecuteAction =
-        options.afterExecuteAction ||
-        (() => {});
+    const afterExecuteAction = options.afterExecuteAction || (() => {});
     useSubEnv({
         async onClickViewButton({
             clickParams,
@@ -66,6 +64,7 @@ export function useViewButtons(model, ref, options = {}) {
                     enableButtons(getEl(), manuallyDisabledButtons, enableAction);
                     return;
                 }
+                const closeDialog = clickParams.close && env.closeDialog;
                 const params = getResParams();
                 const resId = params.resId;
                 const resIds = params.resIds || model.resIds;
@@ -88,9 +87,11 @@ export function useViewButtons(model, ref, options = {}) {
                     context: params.context || {}, //LPE FIXME new Context(payload.env.context).eval();
                     buttonContext,
                     onClose: async () => {
-                        const reload = options.reload || (() => model.root.load());
-                        await reload();
-                        comp.render(true); // FIXME WOWL reactivity
+                        if (!closeDialog) {
+                            const reload = options.reload || (() => model.root.load());
+                            await reload();
+                            comp.render(true); // FIXME WOWL reactivity
+                        }
                     },
                 });
                 let error;
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@ export function useViewButtons(model, ref, options = {}) {
                     await doActionParams.onClose();
                 }
                 await afterExecuteAction(clickParams);
+                if (closeDialog) {
+                    closeDialog();
+                }
                 enableButtons(getEl(), manuallyDisabledButtons, enableAction);
                 if (error) {
                     return Promise.reject(error);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_dialogs/form_view_dialog_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_dialogs/form_view_dialog_tests.js
index e6cb2a48ec6..a840256c716 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_dialogs/form_view_dialog_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_dialogs/form_view_dialog_tests.js
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /** @odoo-module */
 
-import { click, getFixture, nextTick, triggerHotkey } from "@web/../tests/helpers/utils";
+import {
+    click,
+    getFixture,
+    nextTick,
+    patchWithCleanup,
+    triggerHotkey,
+} from "@web/../tests/helpers/utils";
 import { makeView } from "@web/../tests/views/helpers";
 import { createWebClient } from "@web/../tests/webclient/helpers";
 import { dialogService } from "@web/core/dialog/dialog_service";
@@ -245,6 +251,43 @@ QUnit.module("ViewDialogs", (hooks) => {
         await click(target, '.o_field_widget[name="instrument"] button.o_external_button');
     });
 
+    QUnit.test("click on view buttons in a FormViewDialog", async function (assert) {
+        serverData.views = {
+            "partner,false,form": `
+                <form>
+                    <field name="foo"/>
+                    <button name="method1" type="object" string="Button 1" class="btn1"/>
+                    <button name="method2" type="object" string="Button 2" class="btn2" close="1"/>
+                </form>`,
+        };
+
+        function mockRPC(route, args) {
+            assert.step(args.method || route);
+        }
+        const webClient = await createWebClient({ serverData, mockRPC });
+        patchWithCleanup(webClient.env.services.action, {
+            doActionButton: (params) => {
+                assert.step(params.name);
+                params.onClose();
+            },
+        });
+        webClient.env.services.dialog.add(FormViewDialog, {
+            resModel: "partner",
+            resId: 1,
+        });
+        await nextTick();
+
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_dialog .o_form_view");
+        assert.containsN(target, ".o_dialog .o_form_view button", 2);
+        assert.verifySteps(["/web/webclient/load_menus", "get_views", "read"]);
+        await click(target.querySelector(".o_dialog .o_form_view .btn1"));
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_dialog .o_form_view");
+        assert.verifySteps(["method1", "read"]); // should re-read the record
+        await click(target.querySelector(".o_dialog .o_form_view .btn2"));
+        assert.containsNone(target, ".o_dialog .o_form_view");
+        assert.verifySteps(["method2"]); // should not read as we closed
+    });
+
     QUnit.test(
         "formviewdialog is not closed when button handlers return a rejected promise",
         async function (assert) {