diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css
index afac6cdef47..35b8c1cb16b 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/css/kanban.css
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
     width: 100%;
 }
 
+.oe_vertical_text {
+   -moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
+   -o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
+   -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
+}
+
 .openerp .oe_kanban_view .ui-sortable-placeholder {
     border: 1px dotted black;
     visibility: visible !important;
@@ -199,5 +205,4 @@
 /* Alert color */
 .openerp .oe_kanban_color_alert .oe_kanban_color_border {
     border-color: #c00 !important;
-}
-
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index d11d2cfbcf4..62f7dd3052a 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ openerp.web_kanban.KanbanView = openerp.web.View.extend({
         self.all_display_data.sort(this.sort_group);
         this.$element.html(QWeb.render("KanbanView", {"data": self.all_display_data}));
         this.on_reload_kanban();
+        this.$element.find(".oe_vertical_text").hide();
         var drag_handel = false;
         if (this.$element.find(".oe_kanban_draghandle").length > 0) {
             drag_handel = ".oe_kanban_draghandle";
@@ -166,6 +167,26 @@ openerp.web_kanban.KanbanView = openerp.web.View.extend({
         });
         this.$element.find(".oe_column").disableSelection()
         this.$element.find('button.oe_kanban_button_new').click(this.do_add_record);
+        this.$element.find(".fold-columns-icon").click(function(event) {
+            self.do_fold_unfold_columns(event, this.id);
+        });
+    },
+    do_fold_unfold_columns: function(event, element_id) {
+      var column_id = "column_" + element_id;
+      var column_element = this.$element.find("#" + column_id + ".oe_fold_column");
+      if (column_element.is(":hidden")) {
+          this.$element.find("#" + column_id).find("img.fold-columns-icon").attr('src', '/web_kanban/static/src/img/minus-icon.png');
+          column_element.show();
+          this.$element.find("#" + column_id + ".oe_table_column").css("width",Math.round(99 / this.all_display_data.length) + "%");
+          this.$element.find("#" + column_id + ".oe_vertical_text").hide();
+      }
+      else{
+          this.$element.find("#" + column_id).find("img.fold-columns-icon").attr('src', '/web_kanban/static/src/img/plus-icon.png');
+          column_element.hide();
+          this.$element.find("#" + column_id + ".oe_table_column").css("width","0.5%");
+          this.$element.find("#" + column_id + ".oe_vertical_text").show();
+      }
+
     },
     do_record_group: function() {
         if (this.NO_OF_COLUMNS) {
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
index 04620abaeae..599c81a8797 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/xml/web_kanban.xml
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td t-foreach="data" t-as="columns" class="oe_table_column oe_column_heading" t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value">
-            <t t-if="columns.value" t-esc="columns.header"/>
-            <t t-if="columns.aggregates">
-                <br/><t t-esc="columns.aggregates"/>
-            </t>
+            <img t-att-id="columns.value" class="fold-columns-icon"  src="/web_kanban/static/src/img/minus-icon.png"/>
+            <div t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value" class="oe_fold_column">
+                <t t-if="columns.value" t-esc="columns.header"/>
+                <t t-if="columns.aggregates">
+                    <br/><t t-esc="columns.aggregates"/>
+                </t>
+            </div>
         </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-        <td t-foreach="data" t-as="columns" class="oe_table_column" t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value" t-attf-style="width: #{Math.round(99 / data.length)}%">
-            <div class="oe_column" t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value">
+        <td t-foreach="data" t-as="columns" class="oe_table_column oe_column_data" t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value" t-attf-style="width: #{Math.round(99 / data.length)}%">
+            <p class="oe_vertical_text" t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value"> <t t-esc="columns.header"/></p>
+            <div class="oe_column oe_fold_column" t-att-id="'column_' + columns.value">
                 <div t-foreach="columns.records" t-as="record" class="oe_kanban_record" t-att-id="'main_' + record.id"/>
             </div>
         </td>