diff --git a/addons/portal_project_issue/__openerp__.py b/addons/portal_project_issue/__openerp__.py
index 17ba4b0d5aa..46af01b9a6d 100644
--- a/addons/portal_project_issue/__openerp__.py
+++ b/addons/portal_project_issue/__openerp__.py
@@ -42,5 +42,8 @@ portal are installed.
     'css': [
         'static/src/css/portal_project_issue.css',
     ],
+    'js': [
+        'static/src/js/portal_project_issue.js',
+    ],
 }
 # vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/addons/portal_project_issue/portal_project_issue_view.xml b/addons/portal_project_issue/portal_project_issue_view.xml
index f1f557889f1..20c581881a6 100644
--- a/addons/portal_project_issue/portal_project_issue_view.xml
+++ b/addons/portal_project_issue/portal_project_issue_view.xml
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="oe_kanban_footer_left">
                                         <div class="oe_left">
-                                            <!-- <field name="categ_ids" widget="many2many_tags"/> -->
-                                            <t t-raw="record.categ_ids.raw_value"/>
-                                        </div>
+                                            <t t-foreach="record.categ_ids.raw_value" t-as="categ_id">
+                                                <span class="oe_form_field_many2manytags_box" t-att-data-categ_id="categ_id"></span>
+                                            </t
+>                                        </div>
                                         <div class="oe_right">
                                             Creation: <field name="create_date"/>
                                             <span class="oe_kanban_highlight">
diff --git a/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/css/portal_project_issue.css b/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/css/portal_project_issue.css
index d59b281d094..cfc871748d8 100644
--- a/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/css/portal_project_issue.css
+++ b/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/css/portal_project_issue.css
@@ -30,3 +30,22 @@
 .oe_portal_project_issue .oe_fold_column.oe_kanban_record .oe_kanban_footer_left {
     height: 24px;
 }
+
+/* many2many tags */
+.oe_portal_project_issue * span.oe_form_field_many2manytags_box {
+    display: none; /* display it only after the names have been set - cf. portal_project_issue.js */
+    border-radius: 2px;
+    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
+    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
+    -ms-box-sizing: border-box;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    position: relative;
+    float: left;
+    border: 1px solid #9DACCC;
+    background: #E2E6F0;
+    color: black;
+    padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;
+    margin: 0 2px 2px 0;
+    height: 16px;
+    font: 11px "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
+}
diff --git a/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/js/portal_project_issue.js b/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/js/portal_project_issue.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edd0d04532a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/portal_project_issue/static/src/js/portal_project_issue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+openerp.portal_project_issue = function(openerp) {
+    openerp.web_kanban.KanbanView.include({
+        on_groups_started: function() {
+            var self = this;
+            self._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+            if (this.dataset.model === 'project.issue' || this.dataset.model === 'project.task') {
+                /*
+                 * Set proper names to project categories.
+                 * In kanban views, many2many fields only return a list of ids.
+                 * Therefore, we have to fetch the matching data by ourselves.
+                 */
+                var categ_ids = [];
+
+                // Collect categories ids
+                this.$element.find('.oe_form_field_many2manytags_box').each(function() {
+                    categ_ids.push($(this).data('categ_id'));
+                });
+
+                // Find their matching names
+                var dataset = new openerp.web.DataSetSearch(this, 'project.category', self.session.context, [['id', 'in', _.uniq(categ_ids)]]);
+                dataset.read_slice(['id', 'name']).then(function(result) {
+                    _.each(result, function(v, k) {
+                        // Set the proper value in the DOM and display the element
+                        self.$element.find('.oe_form_field_many2manytags_box[data-categ_id=' + v.id + ']').text(v.name).toggle();
+                    });
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    });
+};