diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.js b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.js
index f35de09b408..a2409b7a951 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { Component } = owl;
 export class Tooltip extends Component {}
 Tooltip.template = "web.Tooltip";
 Tooltip.props = {
-    tooltip: String,
-    Component: { optional: true },
-    props: { optional: true },
+    tooltip: { type: String, optional: true },
+    template: { type: String, optional: true },
+    info: { optional: true },
 };
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.xml b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.xml
index d9c74413ede..f1c83547117 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
     <t t-name="web.Tooltip" owl="1">
         <div class="o-tooltip px-2 py-1">
-            <t t-if="props.Component" t-component="props.Component" t-props="props.props" />
+            <t t-if="props.template" t-call="{{props.template}}">
+                 <t t-set="info" t-value="props.info"/>
+            </t>
             <small t-else="" t-esc="props.tooltip"/>
         </div>
     </t>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook.js b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook.js
index 96c6d0065cb..1ac73eff3d8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { browser } from "@web/core/browser/browser";
 import { useListener } from "@web/core/utils/hooks";
 import { usePopover } from "@web/core/popover/popover_hook";
 import { Tooltip } from "./tooltip";
-import { registry } from "@web/core/registry";
 
 /**
  * The useTooltip hook allows to display custom tooltips on every elements with
@@ -18,6 +17,19 @@ import { registry } from "@web/core/registry";
  * The ideal position of the tooltip can be specified thanks to the attribute
  * "data-tooltip-position":
  *   <button data-tooltip="This is a tooltip" data-tooltip-position="left">Do something</button>
+ *
+ * For advanced tooltips containing dynamic and/or html content, the
+ * "data-tooltip-template" and "data-tooltip-info" attributes can be used.
+ * For example, let's suppose the following qweb template:
+ *   <t t-name="some_template">
+ *     <ul>
+ *       <li>info.x</li>
+ *       <li>info.y</li>
+ *     </ul>
+ *   </t>
+ * This template can then be used in a tooltip as follows:
+ *   <button data-tooltip-template="some_template" data-tooltip-info="info">Do something</button>
+ * with "info" being a stringified object with two keys "x" and "y".
  */
 const OPEN_DELAY = 400;
 const CLOSE_DELAY = 200;
@@ -46,13 +58,12 @@ export function useTooltip() {
     function onMouseEnter(ev) {
         const dataset = ev.target.dataset;
         const tooltip = dataset.tooltip;
-
-        let Component, props;
-        if ("tooltipComponent" in dataset) {
-            ({ Component, props } = JSON.parse(dataset["tooltipComponent"]));
-            Component = registry.category("tooltips").get(Component, null);
+        let template, info;
+        if ("tooltipTemplate" in dataset) {
+            template = dataset.tooltipTemplate;
+            info = dataset.tooltipInfo ? JSON.parse(dataset.tooltipInfo) : null;
         }
-        if (tooltip || Component) {
+        if (tooltip || template) {
             cleanup();
             target = ev.target;
             openTooltipTimeout = browser.setTimeout(() => {
@@ -60,7 +71,7 @@ export function useTooltip() {
                 closeTooltip = popover.add(
                     target,
                     Tooltip,
-                    { tooltip, Component, props },
+                    { tooltip, template, info },
                     { position }
                 );
             }, OPEN_DELAY);
@@ -97,6 +108,7 @@ export function useTooltip() {
     }, CLOSE_DELAY);
 
     // Listen (using event delegation) to "mouseenter" events on all nodes with
-    // the "data-tooltip" attribute, to open the tooltip.
-    useListener("mouseenter", "[data-tooltip]", onMouseEnter, { capture: true });
+    // the "data-tooltip" or "data-tooltip-template" attribute, to open the tooltip.
+    const selector = "[data-tooltip], [data-tooltip-template]";
+    useListener("mouseenter", selector, onMouseEnter, { capture: true });
 }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook_tests.js
index 252fae3e06d..0e099f7d3f8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/core/tooltip/tooltip_hook_tests.js
@@ -203,4 +203,53 @@ QUnit.module("Tooltip hook", () => {
         assert.strictEqual(parent.el.querySelector(".o_popover").innerText, "left");
         assert.hasClass(parent.el.querySelector(".o_popover"), "o-popper-position--lm");
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("tooltip with a template, no info", async (assert) => {
+        class MyComponent extends Component {}
+        MyComponent.template = xml`
+            <button data-tooltip-template="my_tooltip_template">Action</button>
+        `;
+        const parent = await makeParent(MyComponent);
+        parent.env.qweb.addTemplate("my_tooltip_template", "<i>tooltip</i>");
+
+        assert.containsNone(parent, ".o_popover_container .o-tooltip");
+        parent.el.querySelector("button").dispatchEvent(new Event("mouseenter"));
+        await nextTick();
+        assert.containsOnce(parent, ".o_popover_container .o-tooltip");
+        assert.strictEqual(parent.el.querySelector(".o-tooltip").innerHTML, "<i>tooltip</i>");
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("tooltip with a template and info", async (assert) => {
+        class MyComponent extends Component {
+            get info() {
+                return JSON.stringify({ x: 3, y: "abc" });
+            }
+        }
+        MyComponent.template = xml`
+            <button
+                data-tooltip-template="my_tooltip_template"
+                t-att-data-tooltip-info="info">
+                Action
+            </button>
+        `;
+        const parent = await makeParent(MyComponent);
+        parent.env.qweb.addTemplate(
+            "my_tooltip_template",
+            `
+                <ul>
+                    <li>X: <t t-esc="info.x"/></li>
+                    <li>Y: <t t-esc="info.y"/></li>
+                </ul>
+            `
+        );
+
+        assert.containsNone(parent, ".o_popover_container .o-tooltip");
+        parent.el.querySelector("button").dispatchEvent(new Event("mouseenter"));
+        await nextTick();
+        assert.containsOnce(parent, ".o_popover_container .o-tooltip");
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            parent.el.querySelector(".o-tooltip").innerHTML,
+            "<ul><li>X: 3</li><li>Y: abc</li></ul>"
+        );
+    });
 });