diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
index a3f363587a0..040284c7a77 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@
                     </td>
                 </t>
                 <t t-if="column.type === 'widget'">
-                    <Widget t-props="column.props" record="record"/>
+                    <td class="o_data_cell" t-att-class="getCellClass(column, record)">
+                        <Widget t-props="column.props" record="record"/>
+                    </td>
                 </t>
             </t>
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js
index 289c5cfa0f2..179c2f3962b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js
@@ -15726,7 +15726,12 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
                 </list>
             `,
         });
-        assert.containsN(target, ".test_widget", 4, "there should be one widget per record");
+        assert.containsN(
+            target,
+            "td .test_widget",
+            4,
+            "there should be one widget (inside td) per record"
+        );
         assert.deepEqual(
             [...target.querySelectorAll(".test_widget")].map((w) => w.textContent),
             ["true", "true", "true", "false"],