diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index e62a01b4870..ab2b2d25322 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -2653,14 +2653,17 @@
   background: #eeeeee;
   vertical-align: top;
 }
-.openerp .oe_list_content > thead th {
-  position: relative;
-}
 .openerp .oe_list_content td, .openerp .oe_list_content th {
   padding: 3px 6px;
   line-height: 18px;
 }
-.openerp .oe_list_content th:after {
+.openerp .oe_list_content th.oe_sortable, .openerp .oe_list_content th.oe_sortable div {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.openerp .oe_list_content th.oe_sortable div {
+  position: relative;
+}
+.openerp .oe_list_content th.oe_sortable div:after {
   position: absolute;
   right: 6px;
   content: "";
@@ -2670,12 +2673,12 @@
   border-color: black transparent;
   visibility: hidden;
 }
-.openerp .oe_list_content th.sortup:after {
+.openerp .oe_list_content th.sortup div:after {
   visibility: visible;
   filter: alpha(opacity=60);
   opacity: 0.6;
 }
-.openerp .oe_list_content th.sortdown:after {
+.openerp .oe_list_content th.sortdown div:after {
   border-bottom: none;
   border-left: 4px solid transparent;
   border-right: 4px solid transparent;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
index 2787535d3ab..ecbd02d7cab 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
@@ -2100,12 +2100,14 @@ $sheet-max-width: 860px
             border-bottom: 2px solid #cacaca
             background: #eee
             vertical-align: top
-            th
-                position: relative
         td, th
             padding: 3px 6px
             line-height: 18px
-        th:after
+        th.oe_sortable, th.oe_sortable div
+            cursor: pointer
+        th.oe_sortable div
+            position: relative
+        th.oe_sortable div:after
             position: absolute
             right: 6px
             content: ""
@@ -2114,10 +2116,10 @@ $sheet-max-width: 860px
             border-style: solid
             border-color: #000 transparent
             visibility: hidden
-        th.sortup:after
+        th.sortup div:after
             visibility: visible
             @include opacity(0.6)
-        th.sortdown:after
+        th.sortdown div:after
             border-bottom: none
             border-left: 4px solid transparent
             border-right: 4px solid transparent
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index b031ee172e2..06603ad17a5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -631,9 +631,9 @@
             </th>
             <t t-foreach="columns" t-as="column">
                 <th t-if="!column.meta and column.invisible !== '1'" t-att-data-id="column.id"
-                    t-attf-class="oe_list_header_#{column.widget or column.type} #{((options.sortable and column.tag !== 'button') ? 'oe_sortable' : null)}">
+                    t-attf-class="oe_list_header_#{column.widget or column.type} #{((options.sortable and column.tag !== 'button') ? 'oe_sortable' : null)}"><div>
                     <t t-if="column.tag !== 'button'"><t t-esc="column.string"/></t>
-                </th>
+                </div></th>
             </t>
             <th t-if="options.deletable" class="oe_list_record_delete" width="13px"/>
         </tr>