diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_thread.py b/addons/mail/mail_thread.py
index cb07cb91a6f..0f9d1956fb3 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_thread.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_thread.py
@@ -859,7 +859,11 @@ class mail_thread(osv.AbstractModel):
 
     def message_unsubscribe(self, cr, uid, ids, partner_ids, context=None):
         """ Remove partners from the records followers. """
-        self.check_access_rights(cr, uid, 'read')
+        user_pids = self.pool.get('res.users').read(cr, uid, uid, ['partner_id'], context=context)['partner_id']
+        if set(partner_ids) == set(user_pids):
+            self.check_access_rights(cr, uid, 'read')
+        else:
+            self.check_access_rights(cr, uid, 'write')
         return self.write(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, ids, {'message_follower_ids': [(3, pid) for pid in partner_ids]}, context=context)
 
     #------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/css/mail.css b/addons/mail/static/src/css/mail.css
index 886199a668b..c0a28551e5c 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/css/mail.css
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/css/mail.css
@@ -586,6 +586,11 @@
     margin-right:4px;
     border-radius: 2px;
 }
+.openerp .oe_followers .oe_remove_follower{
+    cursor: pointer;
+    float: right;
+
+}
 
 /* ---------------- MESSAGES BODY ------------------ */
 .openerp .oe_mail .oe_msg_content .oe_blockquote,
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js
index de77aec4244..f0114be33f4 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js
@@ -69,27 +69,38 @@ openerp_mail_followers = function(session, mail) {
             // event: click on a subtype, that (un)subscribe for this subtype
             this.$el.on('click', '.oe_subtype_list input', self.do_update_subscription);
             // event: click on 'invite' button, that opens the invite wizard
-            this.$('.oe_invite').on('click', function (event) {
-                action = {
-                    type: 'ir.actions.act_window',
-                    res_model: 'mail.wizard.invite',
-                    view_mode: 'form',
-                    view_type: 'form',
-                    views: [[false, 'form']],
-                    target: 'new',
-                    context: {
-                        'default_res_model': self.view.dataset.model,
-                        'default_res_id': self.view.datarecord.id,
-                    },
-                }
-                self.do_action(action, {
-                    on_close: function() {
-                        self.read_value();
-                    },
-                });
+            this.$('.oe_invite').on('click', self.on_invite_follower);
+            this.$el.on('click', '.oe_remove_follower', self.on_remove_follower);
+        },
+
+        on_invite_follower: function (event) {
+            var self = this;
+            var action = {
+                type: 'ir.actions.act_window',
+                res_model: 'mail.wizard.invite',
+                view_mode: 'form',
+                view_type: 'form',
+                views: [[false, 'form']],
+                target: 'new',
+                context: {
+                    'default_res_model': this.view.dataset.model,
+                    'default_res_id': this.view.datarecord.id,
+                },
+            }
+            this.do_action(action, {
+                on_close: function() {
+                    self.read_value();
+                },
             });
         },
 
+        on_remove_follower: function (event) {
+            var partner_id = $(event.target).data('id');
+            var context = new session.web.CompoundContext(this.build_context(), {});
+            return this.ds_model.call('message_unsubscribe', [[this.view.datarecord.id], [partner_id], context])
+                .then(this.proxy('read_value'));
+        },
+
         read_value: function () {
             var self = this;
             return this.ds_model.read_ids([this.view.datarecord.id], ['message_follower_ids']).then(function (results) {
@@ -151,7 +162,7 @@ openerp_mail_followers = function(session, mail) {
             var node_user_list = this.$('.oe_follower_list').empty();
             this.$('.oe_follower_title').html(this._format_followers(records.length));
             // truncate number of displayed followers
-            truncated = records.splice(0, this.displayed_nb);
+            var truncated = records.splice(0, this.displayed_nb);
             _(truncated).each(function (record) {
                 record.avatar_url = mail.ChatterUtils.get_image(self.session, 'res.partner', 'image_small', record.id);
                 $(session.web.qweb.render('mail.followers.partner', {'record': record})).appendTo(node_user_list);
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail_followers.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail_followers.xml
index 11698c1fb62..377ed527cc1 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail_followers.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail_followers.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <div t-name="mail.followers.partner" class='oe_partner'>
         <img class="oe_mail_thumbnail oe_mail_frame" t-attf-src="{record.avatar_url}"/>
         <a t-attf-href="#model=res.partner&amp;id=#{record.id}"><t t-raw="record.name"/></a>
+        <span class="oe_remove_follower oe_e" title="Remove this follower" t-att-data-id="record.id">X</span>
     </div>
     
     <!--