diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions_report.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions_report.py
index db3b875fad3..c4c37111860 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions_report.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions_report.py
@@ -507,6 +507,9 @@ class IrActionsReport(models.Model):
             barcode_type = 'EAN13'
             if len(value) in (11, 12):
                 value = '0%s' % value
+        elif barcode_type == 'auto':
+            symbology_guess = {8: 'EAN8', 13: 'EAN13'}
+            barcode_type = symbology_guess.get(len(value), 'Code128')
         try:
             width, height, humanreadable, quiet = int(width), int(height), bool(int(humanreadable)), bool(int(quiet))
             # for `QR` type, `quiet` is not supported. And is simply ignored.
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py
index 653533ebf1e..73a54807424 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py
@@ -651,17 +651,25 @@ class BarcodeConverter(models.AbstractModel):
             width=dict(type='integer', string=_('Width'), default_value=600),
             height=dict(type='integer', string=_('Height'), default_value=100),
             humanreadable=dict(type='integer', string=_('Human Readable'), default_value=0),
+            quiet=dict(type='integer', string='Quiet', default_value=1),
+            mask=dict(type='string', string='Mask', default_value='')
         )
         return options
 
     @api.model
     def value_to_html(self, value, options=None):
+        if not value:
+            return ''
         barcode_symbology = options.get('symbology', 'Code128')
         barcode = self.env['ir.actions.report'].barcode(
             barcode_symbology,
             value,
-            **{key: value for key, value in options.items() if key in ['width', 'height', 'humanreadable']})
-        return u'<img src="data:png;base64,%s">' % base64.b64encode(barcode).decode('ascii')
+            **{key: value for key, value in options.items() if key in ['width', 'height', 'humanreadable', 'quiet', 'mask']})
+        img_attributes = {k[4:]: v for k, v in options.items() if k.startswith('img_')}
+        if 'alt' not in img_attributes:
+            img_attributes.update({'alt': 'Barcode %s' % value})
+        attributes = ' '.join(['%s="%s"' % attrs for attrs in img_attributes.items()])
+        return u'<img src="data:png;base64,%s" %s>' % (base64.b64encode(barcode).decode('ascii'), attributes)
 
 
 class Contact(models.AbstractModel):
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py
index 5c80d204a19..72de3e9c3e9 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_qweb.py
@@ -557,6 +557,30 @@ class TestQWebNS(TransactionCase):
         rendered = view2.with_context(lang=current_lang)._render().strip()
         self.assertEqual(rendered, b'9/000/000*00')
 
+    def test_render_barcode(self):
+        partner = self.env['res.partner'].create({
+            'name': 'bacode_test',
+            'barcode': 'test'
+        })
+
+        view = self.env['ir.ui.view'].create({
+            'name': "a_barcode_view",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+        })
+
+        view.arch = u"""<div t-field="partner.barcode" t-options="{'widget': 'barcode', 'width': 100, 'height': 30}"/>"""
+        rendered = view._render(values={'partner': partner}).strip().decode()
+        self.assertRegex(rendered,r'<div><img src="data:png;base64,\S+" alt="Barcode test"></div>')
+
+        partner.barcode = '4012345678901'
+        view.arch = u"""<div t-field="partner.barcode" t-options="{'widget': 'barcode', 'symbology': 'EAN13', 'width': 100, 'height': 30, 'img_style': 'width:100%;', 'img_alt': 'Barcode'}"/>"""
+        ean_rendered = view._render(values={'partner': partner}).strip().decode()
+        self.assertRegex(ean_rendered,r'<div><img src="data:png;base64,\S+" style="width:100%;" alt="Barcode"></div>')
+
+        view.arch = u"""<div t-field="partner.barcode" t-options="{'widget': 'barcode', 'symbology': 'auto', 'width': 100, 'height': 30, 'img_style': 'width:100%;', 'img_alt': 'Barcode'}"/>"""
+        auto_rendered = view._render(values={'partner': partner}).strip().decode()
+        self.assertRegex(auto_rendered,r'<div><img src="data:png;base64,\S+" style="width:100%;" alt="Barcode"></div>')
+
 
 from copy import deepcopy
 class FileSystemLoader(object):