diff --git a/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.js.html b/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.js.html
index 97d8828f40c..3dc9e0a7ff5 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.js.html
+++ b/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.js.html
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
                 equals("ok", render('esc-variable', {ok: 'ok'}), "Render a string variable");
                 equals("&lt;ok&gt;", render('esc-toescape', {ok: '<ok>'}), "Render a string with data to escape");
             });
+            test("Formatted escaped data output", function () {
+                equals("ok", render('escf-noformat-literal', {}), "Render a literal string");
+            });
 
         });
     </script>
diff --git a/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.xml b/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.xml
index 8669f3f243c..f3ac3e8f5ec 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb-test.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@
     <t t-name="esc-toescape">
         <t t-esc="ok"/>
     </t>
+
+
+    <t t-name="escf-noformat-literal">
+        <t t-escf="ok"/>
+    </t>
 </templates>
diff --git a/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb.js b/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb.js
index 967b1976c85..e8a614f4104 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/qweb/qweb.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ var QWeb = {
         return this.escape_text(this.eval_str(t_att["esc"], v));
     },
     render_tag_escf:function(e, t_att, g_att, v) {
-        return this.escape_text(this.eval_format(t_att["esc"], v));
+        return this.escape_text(this.eval_format(t_att["escf"], v));
     },
     render_tag_if:function(e, t_att, g_att, v) {
         return this.eval_bool(t_att["if"], v) ? this.render_element(e, t_att, g_att, v) : "";