diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base.sql b/bin/addons/base/base.sql
index e62d1c748c9..448450a4da2 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base.sql
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base.sql
@@ -334,3 +334,10 @@ CREATE TABLE ir_module_module_dependency (
     primary key(id)
 );
 
+CREATE TABLE res_company (
+    id serial NOT NULL,
+    perm_id integer,
+    name character varying(64) not null,
+    parent_id integer references res_company on delete set null,
+    primary key(id)
+);
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_default.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_default.py
index fec0829e195..12ce35c6a0f 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_default.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_default.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class ir_default(osv.osv):
 		'page': fields.char('View',size=64),
 		'ref_table': fields.char('Table Ref.',size=64),
 		'ref_id': fields.integer('ID Ref.',size=64),
+		'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company','Company')
+	}
+	_defaults = {
+		'company_id': lambda self, cr, uid, context: self.pool.get('res.users').browse(cr, uid, uid, context=context).company_id.id,
 	}
 ir_default()