diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js
index d4896276b90..845014926b3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ var ListRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
             data: record.data,
             escape: true,
             isPassword: 'password' in node.attrs,
+            digits: node.attrs.digits && JSON.parse(node.attrs.digits),
         });
         this._handleAttributes($td, node);
         var title = field.type !== 'boolean' ? formattedValue : '';
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
index 81de376aef0..55cec265329 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
@@ -6670,6 +6670,19 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         list.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('float field render with digits attribute on listview', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        var list = await createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'foo',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree><field name="foo"/><field name="qux" digits="[12,6]"/></tree>',
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(list.$('td.o_list_number:eq(0)').text(), "0.400000", "should contain 6 digits decimal precision");
+        list.destroy();
+    });
     // TODO: write test on:
     // - default_get with a field not in view
 });
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/res_currency.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/res_currency.py
index a7f25a2df0b..86099e3faee 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/res_currency.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/res_currency.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Currency(models.Model):
     # Note: 'code' column was removed as of v6.0, the 'name' should now hold the ISO code.
     name = fields.Char(string='Currency', size=3, required=True, help="Currency Code (ISO 4217)")
     symbol = fields.Char(help="Currency sign, to be used when printing amounts.", required=True)
-    rate = fields.Float(compute='_compute_current_rate', string='Current Rate', digits=(12, 6),
+    rate = fields.Float(compute='_compute_current_rate', string='Current Rate', digits=0,
                         help='The rate of the currency to the currency of rate 1.')
     rate_ids = fields.One2many('res.currency.rate', 'currency_id', string='Rates')
     rounding = fields.Float(string='Rounding Factor', digits=(12, 6), default=0.01)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class CurrencyRate(models.Model):
 
     name = fields.Date(string='Date', required=True, index=True,
                            default=lambda self: fields.Date.today())
-    rate = fields.Float(digits=(12, 6), default=1.0, help='The rate of the currency to the currency of rate 1')
+    rate = fields.Float(digits=0, default=1.0, help='The rate of the currency to the currency of rate 1')
     currency_id = fields.Many2one('res.currency', string='Currency', readonly=True)
     company_id = fields.Many2one('res.company', string='Company',
                                  default=lambda self: self.env.company)
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_float.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_float.py
index 4dbf1f5f139..7ece1b0b8ce 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_float.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_float.py
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ class TestFloatPrecision(TransactionCase):
             self.assertEqual(rate.rate, expected,
                              'Roundtrip error: got %s back from db, expected %s' % (rate, expected))
 
-        # res.currency.rate uses 6 digits of precision by default
-        try_roundtrip(2.6748955, 2.674896, '2000-01-01')
+        # res.currency.rate no more uses 6 digits of precision by default, it now uses whatever precision it gets
         try_roundtrip(10000.999999, 10000.999999, '2000-01-03')
 
         #TODO re-enable those tests when tests are made on dedicated models
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/views/res_currency_views.xml b/odoo/addons/base/views/res_currency_views.xml
index 52bbcb71cb3..bb7c987160e 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/views/res_currency_views.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/views/res_currency_views.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <tree string="Currency Rates" editable="bottom">
                     <field name="name"/>
-                    <field name="rate"/>
+                    <field name="rate" digits="[12,12]"/>
                     <field name="company_id" groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
                 </tree>
             </field>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                         <group>
                             <group>
                                 <field name="name"/>
-                                <field name="rate"/>
+                                <field name="rate" digits="[12,12]"/>
                             </group>
                             <group>
                                 <field name="currency_id"/>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                     <field name="symbol"/>
                     <field name="rate_ids" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="date"/>
-                    <field name="rate"/>
+                    <field name="rate" digits="[12,6]"/>
                     <field name="active" invisible="1"/>
                 </tree>
             </field>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                                 <div class="row">
                                     <div class="col-12">
                                         <strong><span>Current Rate: </span></strong>
-                                        <field name="rate"/>
+                                        <field name="rate" digits="[12,6]"/>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
                         <group>
                             <group>
                                 <field name="name"/>
-                                <field name="rate"/>
+                                <field name="rate" digits="[12,12]"/>
                                 <field name="active"/>
                             </group>
                             <group>