diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
index f5238a95b33..204c35acaef 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend({
         this.activeActions = params.activeActions;
         this.viewType = params.viewType;
         this.mode = params.mode || 'readonly';
+        this.widgets = [];
     },
     /**
      * This method has two responsabilities: find every invalid fields in the
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend({
             return this._render().then(_.constant([]));
         }
 
+        // reset all widgets (from the <widget> tag) if any:
+        _.invoke(this.widgets, 'updateState', state);
+
         var defs = [];
 
         // Reset all the field widgets that are marked as changed and the ones
@@ -605,6 +609,8 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend({
         var Widget = widgetRegistry.get(node.attrs.name);
         var widget = new Widget(this, record);
 
+        this.widgets.push(widget);
+
         // Prepare widget rendering and save the related deferred
         var def = widget.__widgetRenderAndInsert(function () {});
         if (def.state() === 'pending') {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
index a4952644e15..8d780d31b58 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
@@ -6230,6 +6230,41 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         delete widgetRegistry.map.test;
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('basic support for widgets', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        var MyWidget = Widget.extend({
+            init: function (parent, dataPoint) {
+                this.data = dataPoint.data;
+            },
+            start: function () {
+                this.$el.text(this.data.foo + "!");
+            },
+            updateState: function (dataPoint) {
+                this.$el.text(dataPoint.data.foo + "!");
+            },
+        });
+        widgetRegistry.add('test', MyWidget);
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                    '<field name="foo"/>' +
+                    '<widget name="test"/>' +
+                '</form>',
+        });
+
+        form.$('input[name="foo"]').val("I am alive").trigger('input');
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_widget').text(), 'I am alive!',
+            "widget should have been updated");
+
+        form.destroy();
+        delete widgetRegistry.map.test;
+    });
+
+
     QUnit.test('bounce edit button in readonly mode', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(3);