diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/services/data_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/services/data_manager.js
index 4786515bb15..cf49dd3aaec 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/services/data_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/services/data_manager.js
@@ -304,6 +304,18 @@ return core.Class.extend({
                 viewType = viewType === 'tree' ? 'list' : viewType;
                 innerFieldsView.type = viewType;
                 attrs.views[viewType] = self._processFieldsView(_.extend({}, innerFieldsView));
+
+                // default_order is like:
+                //   'name,id desc'
+                // but we need it like:
+                //   [{name: 'id', asc: false}, {name: 'name', asc: true}]
+                var defaultOrder = innerFieldsView.arch.attrs.default_order;
+                if (defaultOrder) {
+                    attrs.orderedBy = _.map(defaultOrder.split(','), function (order) {
+                        order = order.split(' ');
+                        return {name: order[0], asc: order[1] !== 'desc'};
+                    });
+                }
             });
             delete field.views;
         }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
index f4def9f69c8..af3e36ad45b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ var AbstractView = Class.extend({
         if (params.modelName) {
             this.loadParams.modelName = params.modelName;
         }
+        // default_order is like:
+        //   'name,id desc'
+        // but we need it like:
+        //   [{name: 'id', asc: false}, {name: 'name', asc: true}]
+        var defaultOrder = viewInfo.arch.attrs.default_order;
+        if (defaultOrder) {
+            this.loadParams.orderedBy = _.map(defaultOrder.split(','), function (order) {
+                order = order.split(' ');
+                return {name: order[0], asc: order[1] !== 'desc'};
+            });
+        }
 
         this.userContext = params.userContext;
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
index ef93028eeba..f7026f27129 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ odoo.define('web.BasicModel', function (require) {
  *      model: {string,
  *      offset: {integer},
  *      openGroupByDefault: {boolean},
- *      orderedBy: {string[]},
+ *      orderedBy: {Object[]},
  *      parentID: {string},
  *      rawContext: {Object},
  *      relationField: {string},
@@ -1621,6 +1621,7 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                     res_ids: ids,
                     static: true,
                     type: 'list',
+                    orderedBy: fieldInfo.orderedBy,
                     parentID: record.id,
                     rawContext: rawContext,
                     relationField: field.relation_field,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
index b6d416156aa..f09d98d641e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
@@ -3990,5 +3990,33 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
 
         form.destroy();
     });
+
+    QUnit.test('default_order on x2many embedded view', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        this.data.partner.records[0].p = [1, 4];
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                    '<sheet>' +
+                        '<field name="p">' +
+                            '<tree default_order="foo desc">' +
+                                '<field name="display_name"/>' +
+                                '<field name="foo"/>' +
+                                '</tree>' +
+                        '</field>' +
+                    '</sheet>' +
+                '</form>',
+            res_id: 1,
+        });
+
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_form_field_one2many tbody tr:first td:contains(yop)').length,
+            "record 1 should be first");
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
 });
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
index 50d5fbd7182..beb3b1843b1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
@@ -664,6 +664,31 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         list.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('use default_order', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(3);
+
+        var list = createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'foo',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree default_order="foo"><field name="foo"/><field name="bar"/></tree>',
+            mockRPC: function (route, args) {
+                if (route === '/web/dataset/search_read') {
+                    assert.strictEqual(args.sort, 'foo ASC',
+                        "should correctly set the sort attribute");
+                }
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert.ok(list.$('tbody tr:first td:contains(blip)').length,
+            "record 3 should be first");
+        assert.ok(list.$('tbody tr:eq(3) td:contains(yop)').length,
+            "record 1 should be first");
+
+        list.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('can display button in edit mode', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(1);