diff --git a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
index 8746e3ecc06..a197d9dc7a4 100644
--- a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
+++ b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
@@ -92,18 +92,11 @@ class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
 
     # image: all image fields are base64 encoded and PIL-supported
     image = fields.Binary(
-        "Photo", default=_default_image,
-        help="This field holds the image used as photo for the employee, limited to 1024x1024px.")
+        "Photo", default=_default_image)
     image_medium = fields.Binary(
-        "Medium-sized photo",
-        help="Medium-sized photo of the employee. It is automatically "
-             "resized as a 128x128px image, with aspect ratio preserved. "
-             "Use this field in form views or some kanban views.")
+        "Medium-sized photo")
     image_small = fields.Binary(
-        "Small-sized photo",
-        help="Small-sized photo of the employee. It is automatically "
-             "resized as a 64x64px image, with aspect ratio preserved. "
-             "Use this field anywhere a small image is required.")
+        "Small-sized photo")
     phone = fields.Char(related='address_home_id.phone', related_sudo=False, string="Private Phone", groups="hr.group_hr_user")
     # employee in company
     parent_id = fields.Many2one('hr.employee', 'Manager')
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_public_views.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_public_views.xml
index a97c63c3feb..d6a97209f11 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_public_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_public_views.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                         <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
                             <!-- Used by other modules-->
                         </div>
-                        <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"preview_image":"image_medium"}'/>
+                        <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"zoom": true, "preview_image":"image_medium"}'/>
                             <div class="oe_title">
                                 <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                                 <h1>
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
                         <t t-name="kanban-box">
                         <div class="oe_kanban_global_click o_kanban_record_has_image_fill o_hr_kanban_record">
                             <!-- Medium employee's picture -->
-                            <div class="o_kanban_image_fill_left d-none d-md-block" t-attf-style="background-image: url(#{kanban_image('hr.employee.public', 'image_medium', record.id.raw_value)})" role="img"/>
+                            <field name="image" widget="image" class="o_kanban_image_fill_left d-none d-md-block" options="{'zoom': true, 'background': true, 'preventClicks': false}"/>
                             <!-- Employee's picture optimized for mobile -->
-                            <div class="o_kanban_image d-md-none rounded-circle" t-attf-style="background-image: url(#{kanban_image('hr.employee.public', 'image_small', record.id.raw_value)})" role="img"/>
+                            <field name="image_small" widget="image" class="o_kanban_image d-md-none rounded-circle" options="{'zoom': true, 'background': true, 'preventClicks': false}"/>
 
                             <div class="oe_kanban_details">
                                 <div class="o_kanban_record_top">
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
index bb1dcde2d77..97a05228ea2 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                         <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
                          <!-- Used by other modules-->
                         </div>
-                    <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"preview_image":"image_medium"}'/>
+                    <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"zoom": true, "preview_image":"image_medium"}'/>
                         <div class="oe_title">
                             <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                             <h1>
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@
                        <t t-name="kanban-box">
                        <div class="oe_kanban_global_click o_kanban_record_has_image_fill o_hr_kanban_record">
                            <!-- Medium employee's picture -->
-                           <div class="o_kanban_image_fill_left d-none d-md-block" t-attf-style="background-image: url(#{kanban_image('hr.employee', 'image_medium', record.id.raw_value)})" role="img"/>
+                           <field name="image" widget="image" class="o_kanban_image_fill_left d-none d-md-block" options="{'zoom': true, 'background': true, 'preventClicks': false}"/>
                            <!-- Employee's picture optimized for mobile -->
-                           <div class="o_kanban_image d-md-none rounded-circle" t-attf-style="background-image: url(#{kanban_image('hr.employee', 'image_small', record.id.raw_value)})" role="img"/>
+                           <field name="image_small" widget="image" class="o_kanban_image d-md-none rounded-circle" options="{'zoom': true, 'background': true, 'preventClicks': false}"/>
 
                             <div class="oe_kanban_details">
                                <div class="o_kanban_record_top">
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
index 465c98d39e0..99a33ef3185 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_templates.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/hr/static/src/js/chat.js"></script>
         </xpath>
     </template>
-
 </odoo>
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml b/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml
index 7ed9b1001ad..d417b93341b 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/res_users.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                     <sheet>
                         <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
                         </div>
-                        <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"preview_image":"image_medium"}'/>
+                        <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"zoom": true, "preview_image":"image_medium"}'/>
                         <div class="oe_title">
                             <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                             <h1>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
index 14f03a83222..9b78d1e723b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ var utils = require('web.utils');
 var view_dialogs = require('web.view_dialogs');
 var field_utils = require('web.field_utils');
 
+require("web.zoomodoo");
+
 var qweb = core.qweb;
 var _t = core._t;
 var _lt = core._lt;
@@ -1571,6 +1573,25 @@ var FieldBinaryImage = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
         'i': 'png',
         'P': 'svg+xml',
     },
+    /**
+     * Returns the image URL from a model.
+     * 
+     * @private
+     * @param {string} model    model from which to retrieve the image
+     * @param {string} res_id   id of the record
+     * @param {string} field    name of the image field
+     * @param {string} unique   an unique integer for the record, usually __last_update
+     * @returns {string} URL of the image
+     */
+    _getImageUrl: function (model, res_id, field, unique) {
+        return session.url('/web/image', {
+            model: model,
+            id: JSON.stringify(res_id),
+            field: field,
+            // unique forces a reload of the image when the record has been updated	
+            unique: field_utils.format.datetime(unique).replace(/[^0-9]/g, ''),
+        });
+    },
     _render: function () {
         var self = this;
         var url = this.placeholder;
@@ -1579,13 +1600,9 @@ var FieldBinaryImage = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
                 // Use magic-word technique for detecting image type
                 url = 'data:image/' + (this.file_type_magic_word[this.value[0]] || 'png') + ';base64,' + this.value;
             } else {
-                url = session.url('/web/image', {
-                    model: this.model,
-                    id: JSON.stringify(this.res_id),
-                    field: this.nodeOptions.preview_image || this.name,
-                    // unique forces a reload of the image when the record has been updated
-                    unique: field_utils.format.datetime(this.recordData.__last_update).replace(/[^0-9]/g, ''),
-                });
+                var field = this.nodeOptions.preview_image || this.name;
+                var unique = this.recordData.__last_update;
+                url = this._getImageUrl(this.model, this.res_id, field, unique);
             }
         }
         var $img = $(qweb.render("FieldBinaryImage-img", {widget: this, url: url}));
@@ -1608,6 +1625,62 @@ var FieldBinaryImage = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
             $img.attr('src', self.placeholder);
             self.do_warn(_t("Image"), _t("Could not display the selected image."));
         });
+
+        return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+    /**
+     * Only enable the zoom on image in read-only mode, and if the option is enabled.
+     * 
+     * @override
+     * @private
+     */
+    _renderReadonly: function () {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+        if(this.nodeOptions.zoom) {
+            var unique = this.recordData.__last_update;
+            var url = this._getImageUrl(this.model, this.res_id, 'image', unique);
+            var $img;
+
+            if(this.nodeOptions.background)
+            {
+                if('tag' in this.nodeOptions) {
+                    this.tagName = this.nodeOptions.tag;
+                }
+
+                if('class' in this.attrs) {
+                    this.$el.addClass(this.attrs.class);
+                }
+
+                var urlThumb = this._getImageUrl(this.model, this.res_id, 'image_medium', unique);
+
+                this.$el.empty();
+                $img = this.$el;
+                $img.css('backgroundImage', 'url(' + urlThumb + ')');
+            } else {
+                $img = this.$('img');
+            }
+
+            if(this.recordData.image) {
+                $img.attr('data-zoom', 1);
+                $img.attr('data-zoom-image', url);
+
+                $img.zoomOdoo({
+                    event: 'mouseenter',
+                    attach: '.o_content',
+                    attachToTarget: true,
+                    onShow: function () {
+                        if(this.$zoom.height() < 256 && this.$zoom.width() < 256) {
+                            this.hide();
+                        }
+                    },
+                    beforeAttach: function () {
+                        this.$flyout.css({ width: '512px', height: '512px' });
+                    },
+                    preventClicks: this.nodeOptions.preventClicks,
+                });
+            }
+        }
     },
 });
 
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/content/zoomodoo.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/libs/zoomodoo.js
similarity index 76%
rename from addons/website/static/src/js/content/zoomodoo.js
rename to addons/web/static/src/js/libs/zoomodoo.js
index 1e85e46062f..cbe0511102a 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/content/zoomodoo.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/libs/zoomodoo.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-odoo.define('website.content.zoomodoo', function (require) {
+odoo.define('web.zoomodoo', function (require) {
 'use strict';
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ var defaults = {
     onHide: $.noop,
 
     // Callback function to execute when the cursor is moved while over the image.
-    onMove: $.noop
+    onMove: $.noop,
+
+    // Callback function to execute when the flyout is attached to the target.
+    beforeAttach: $.noop
 
 };
 
@@ -87,6 +90,9 @@ ZoomOdoo.prototype._init = function () {
 
         if (this.opts.preventClicks) {
             this.$target.on('click.zoomodoo', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); });
+        } else {
+            var self = this;
+            this.$target.on('click.zoomodoo', function () { self.hide(); self.$target.unbind(); });
         }
     }
 };
@@ -114,8 +120,51 @@ ZoomOdoo.prototype.show = function (e, testMouseOver) {
     if (this.opts.attach !== undefined && this.$target.parents(this.opts.attach).length) {
         $attach = this.$target.parents(this.opts.attach);
     }
+
+    // Prevents having multiple zoom flyouts
+    $attach.parent().find('.zoomodoo-flyout').remove();
+    this.$flyout.removeAttr('style');
     $attach.parent().append(this.$flyout);
 
+    if (this.opts.attachToTarget) {
+        this.opts.beforeAttach.call(this);
+
+        if(this.$zoom.height() < this.$flyout.height()) {
+             this.$flyout.css('height', this.$zoom.height() + 'px');
+        }
+        if(this.$zoom.width() < this.$flyout.width()) {
+             this.$flyout.css('width', this.$zoom.width() + 'px');
+        }
+
+        var offset = this.$target.offset();
+        var left = offset.left - this.$flyout.width();
+        var top = offset.top;
+
+        // Position the zoom on the right side of the target
+        // if there's not enough room on the left
+        if(left < 0) {
+            if(offset.left < ($(document).width() / 2)) {
+                left = offset.left + this.$target.width();
+            } else {
+                left = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Prevents the flyout to overflow 
+        if(left + this.$flyout.width() > $(document).width()) {
+            this.$flyout.css('width',  $(document).width() - left + 'px');
+        } else if(left === 0) { // Limit the max width if displayed on the left
+            this.$flyout.css('width', offset.left + 'px');
+        }
+
+        // Prevents the zoom to be displayed outside the current viewport
+        if((top + this.$flyout.height()) > $(document).height()) {
+            top = $(document).height() - this.$flyout.height();
+        }
+
+        this.$flyout.css('transform', 'translate3d(' + left + 'px, ' + top + 'px, 0px)');
+    }
+
     w1 = this.$target.width();
     h1 = this.$target.height();
 
@@ -235,7 +284,7 @@ ZoomOdoo.prototype._move = function (e) {
     var xl = Math.ceil(pl * rw);
 
     // Close if outside
-    if (xl < 0 || xt < 0 || xl > dw || xt > dh) {
+    if (xl < 0 || xt < 0 || xl > dw || xt > dh || lx > (offset.left + this.$target.width())) {
         this.hide();
     } else {
         var top = xt * -1;
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/scss/website.zoomodoo.scss b/addons/web/static/src/scss/web.zoomodoo.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from addons/website/static/src/scss/website.zoomodoo.scss
rename to addons/web/static/src/scss/web.zoomodoo.scss
diff --git a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
index e67005f0eaf..6494eda9622 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/web/static/src/scss/colorpicker.scss"/>
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/web/static/src/scss/keyboard.scss"/>
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/web/static/src/scss/name_and_signature.scss"/>
+        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/web/static/src/scss/web.zoomodoo.scss"/>
 
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/less" href="/web/static/src/scss/fontawesome_overriden.scss"/>
 
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/widgets/name_and_signature.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/widgets/notification.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/widgets/rainbow_man.js"></script>
+
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/libs/zoomodoo.js"></script>
     </template>
 
     <template id="assets_common_lazy" inherit_id="web.assets_common" primary="True">
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/content/website_root.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/content/website_root.js
index 612265124cd..4b61a33d779 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/content/website_root.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/content/website_root.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ odoo.define('website.root', function (require) {
 var core = require('web.core');
 var Dialog = require('web.Dialog');
 var publicRootData = require('web.public.root');
-require('website.content.zoomodoo');
+require("web.zoomodoo");
 
 var _t = core._t;
 
diff --git a/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml b/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml
index 4dd19528c0d..aa264dd76a7 100644
--- a/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     <xpath expr="//link[last()]" position="after">
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/website/static/src/scss/website.scss"/>
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/website/static/src/scss/website.ui.scss"/>
-        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/website/static/src/scss/website.zoomodoo.scss"/>
 
         <!-- Custom empty file for user custom rules -->
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/website/static/src/scss/user_custom_rules.scss"/>
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/content/lazy_template_call.js"/>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/content/menu.js"/>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/content/snippets.animation.js"/>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/content/zoomodoo.js"/>
 
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/menu/navbar.js"/>
 
diff --git a/addons/website_sale/static/src/js/website_sale.js b/addons/website_sale/static/src/js/website_sale.js
index c4888233e93..85ef87d0e08 100644
--- a/addons/website_sale/static/src/js/website_sale.js
+++ b/addons/website_sale/static/src/js/website_sale.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ var config = require('web.config');
 var concurrency = require('web.concurrency');
 var publicWidget = require('web.public.widget');
 var VariantMixin = require('sale.VariantMixin');
-require("website.content.zoomodoo");
+require("web.zoomodoo");
 
 var qweb = core.qweb;
 
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/res_partner.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/res_partner.py
index e14174d65c8..87822b05279 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/res_partner.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/res_partner.py
@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@ class Partner(models.Model):
     company_name = fields.Char('Company Name')
 
     # image: all image fields are base64 encoded and PIL-supported
-    image = fields.Binary("Image",
-        help="This field holds the image used as avatar for this contact, limited to 1024x1024px",)
+    image = fields.Binary("Image")
     image_medium = fields.Binary("Medium-sized image",
         help="Medium-sized image of this contact. It is automatically "\
              "resized as a 128x128px image, with aspect ratio preserved. "\
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml b/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml
index a975f5a33cd..8ea5272348d 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
                         <div class="alert alert-info text-center mb-3" attrs="{'invisible': [('id', '>', 0)]}" role="alert">
                             You are inviting a new user.
                         </div>
-                        <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"preview_image": "image_medium"}'/>
+                        <field name="image" widget='image' class="oe_avatar" options='{"zoom": true, "preview_image": "image_medium"}'/>
                         <div class="oe_title">
                             <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                             <h1><field name="name" required="1"/></h1>