diff --git a/addons/portal/__manifest__.py b/addons/portal/__manifest__.py
index c57c80433a0..d932cb2f025 100644
--- a/addons/portal/__manifest__.py
+++ b/addons/portal/__manifest__.py
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ portal.
 This module contains most code coming from odoo v10 website_portal. Purpose
 of this module is to allow the display of a customer portal without having
 a dependency towards website edition and customization capabilities.""",
+    'depends': ['http_routing', 'mail'],
     'data': [
         'data/portal_data.xml',
         'views/assets.xml',
         'views/portal_templates.xml',
         'wizard/portal_wizard_views.xml',
     ],
-    'depends': ['http_routing', 'mail'],
+    'qweb': [
+        'static/src/xml/portal_chatter.xml',
+    ],
 }
diff --git a/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js b/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js
index bfb44837bf4..5aeab9bcf31 100644
--- a/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js
+++ b/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ var PortalChatter = Widget.extend({
 });
 
 base.ready().then(function () {
-    $('.o_website_mail_thread').each(function (index) {
+    $('.o_portal_chatter').each(function (index) {
         var $elem = $(this);
-        var mail_thread = new WebsiteMailThread(null, $elem.data());
+        var mail_thread = new PortalChatter(null, $elem.data());
         mail_thread.appendTo($elem);
     });
 });