diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/client_actions.js b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/client_actions.js
index a6f98ea73d2..df5232314d5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/client_actions.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/client_actions.js
@@ -55,14 +55,24 @@ function reload(env, action) {
     const { router } = env.services;
     const route = { ...router.current };
 
-    route.hash = {};
-    if (menu_id) {
-        route.hash.menu_id = menu_id;
-    }
-    if (action_id) {
-        route.hash.action = action_id;
+    if (menu_id || action_id) {
+        route.hash = {};
+        if (menu_id) {
+            route.hash.menu_id = menu_id;
+        }
+        if (action_id) {
+            route.hash.action = action_id;
+        }
     }
 
+    // We want to force location.assign(...) (in router.redirect(...)) to do a page reload.
+    // To do this, we need to make sure that the url is different.
+    route.search = { ...route.search };
+    if ("reload" in route.search) {
+        delete route.search.reload;
+    } else {
+        route.search.reload = true;
+    }
     const url = browser.location.origin + routeToUrl(route);
 
     env.bus.trigger("CLEAR-CACHES");
@@ -79,6 +89,7 @@ function home(env, action) {
     const { wait } = action.params || {};
     const url = "/" + (browser.location.search || "");
     env.services.router.redirect(url, wait);
+    browser.location.reload(url);
 }
 
 registry.category("actions").add("home", home);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js
index 0ca04125dbf..32599003645 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js
@@ -612,15 +612,17 @@ QUnit.module("ActionManager", (hooks) => {
     });
 
     QUnit.test("test reload client action", async function (assert) {
+        patchWithCleanup(browser.location, {
+            origin: "",
+            hash: "#test=42",
+        });
+
         const webClient = await createWebClient({ serverData });
         patchWithCleanup(webClient.env.services.router, {
             redirect: (url) => {
                 assert.step(url);
             },
         });
-        patchWithCleanup(browser.location, {
-            origin: "",
-        });
 
         await doAction(webClient, {
             type: "ir.actions.client",
@@ -649,10 +651,10 @@ QUnit.module("ActionManager", (hooks) => {
             },
         });
         assert.verifySteps([
-            "/web/tests",
-            "/web/tests#action=2",
-            "/web/tests#menu_id=1",
-            "/web/tests#menu_id=2&action=1",
+            "/web/tests?reload=true#test=42",
+            "/web/tests?reload=true#action=2",
+            "/web/tests?reload=true#menu_id=1",
+            "/web/tests?reload=true#menu_id=2&action=1",
         ]);
     });
 });