diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index d39ed55b638..701f81d335a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -1682,7 +1682,8 @@ instance.web.search.ManyToOneField = instance.web.search.CharField.extend({
             // to handle this as if it were a single value.
             value = value[0];
         }
-        return this.model.call('name_get', [value]).then(function (names) {
+        var context = instance.web.pyeval.eval('contexts', [this.view.dataset.get_context()]);
+        return this.model.call('name_get', [value], {context: context}).then(function (names) {
             if (_(names).isEmpty()) { return null; }
             return facet_from(self, names[0]);
         });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/search.js b/addons/web/static/test/search.js
index 911c41eefd9..a8c3cd1ec06 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/search.js
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('search.defaults', {
             });
     });
     test("M2O default: value", {asserts: 5}, function (instance, $s, mock) {
-        var view = {inputs: []}, id = 4;
+        var view = {inputs: [], dataset: {get_context: function () {}}}, id = 4;
         var f = new instance.web.search.ManyToOneField(
             {attrs: {name: 'dummy', string: 'Dummy'}},
             {relation: 'dummy.model.name'},
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('search.defaults', {
             });
     });
     test("M2O default: value array", {asserts: 2}, function (instance, $s, mock) {
-        var view = {inputs: []}, id = 5;
+        var view = {inputs: [], dataset: {get_context: function () {}}}, id = 5;
         var f = new instance.web.search.ManyToOneField(
             {attrs: {name: 'dummy', string: 'Dummy'}},
             {relation: 'dummy.model.name'},
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('search.defaults', {
         });
     });
     test("M2O default: value", {asserts: 1}, function (instance, $s, mock) {
-        var view = {inputs: []}, id = 4;
+        var view = {inputs: [], dataset: {get_context: function () {}}}, id = 4;
         var f = new instance.web.search.ManyToOneField(
             {attrs: {name: 'dummy', string: 'Dummy'}},
             {relation: 'dummy.model.name'},