diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
index 7b2514b4b28..89bc2f013ae 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend(
     defaults: {
         // records can be selected one by one
         'selectable': true,
+        // list rows can be deleted
+        'deletable': true,
         // whether the column headers should be displayed
         'header': true
     },
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend(
      * @param {Object} options A set of options used to configure the view
      * @param {Boolean} [options.selectable=true] determines whether view rows are selectable (e.g. via a checkbox)
      * @param {Boolean} [options.header=true] should the list's header be displayed
+     * @param {Boolean} [options.deletable=true] are the list rows deletable
      */
     init: function(view_manager, session, element_id, dataset, view_id, options) {
         this._super(session, element_id);
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend(
                     // linking feature
                     e.stopImmediatePropagation();
         });
+        this.$element.find('table').delegate(
+                'td.oe-record-delete button', 'click', this.do_delete);
         this.$element.find('table').delegate(
                 'tr', 'click', this.on_select_row);
 
@@ -147,6 +152,17 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend(
         var self = this;
         self.dataset.fetch(self.dataset.fields, 0, self.limit, self.do_fill_table);
     },
+    /**
+     * Handles the signal to delete a line from the DOM
+     *
+     * @param e
+     */
+    do_delete: function (e) {
+        // don't link to forms
+        e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+        this.dataset.unlink(
+            [this.rows[$(e.currentTarget).closest('tr').prevAll().length].id]);
+    },
     /**
      * Gets the ids of all currently selected records, if any
      * @returns a list of ids, empty if no record is selected (or the list view is not selectable
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 79428989c95..c3682051e54 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
             </button>
         </td>
     </t>
+    <td t-if="options.deletable" class='oe-record-delete'>
+        <button type="button" name="delete">♻</button>
+    </td>
 </tr>
 <t t-name="FormView">
     <h2 class="oe_view_title"><t t-esc="view.fields_view.arch.attrs.string"/></h2>
diff --git a/addons/base/static/test/list.js b/addons/base/static/test/list.js
index e7d8152dee1..9e675125004 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/test/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/test/list.js
@@ -72,4 +72,35 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             start();
         });
     });
+    asyncTest('render deletion button if list is deletable', 1, function () {
+        var listview = new openerp.base.ListView(
+                {}, null, 'qunit-fixture', {model: null});
+
+        listview.on_loaded(fvg);
+
+        listview.do_fill_table([{id: 1}, {id: 2}, {id: 3}]).then(function () {
+            equal(
+                listview.$element.find('tbody tr td.oe-record-delete button').length,
+                3);
+            start();
+        });
+    });
+    asyncTest('deletion button should lead on deletion in the dataset',
+              2, function () {
+        var deleted;
+        var listview = new openerp.base.ListView(
+                {}, null, 'qunit-fixture', {model: null, unlink: function (ids) {
+            deleted = ids;
+        }});
+
+        listview.on_loaded(fvg);
+
+        listview.do_fill_table([{id: 1}, {id: 2}, {id: 3}]).then(function () {
+            listview.$element.find('tbody td.oe-record-delete:eq(2) button').click();
+            deepEqual(deleted, [3]);
+            listview.$element.find('tbody td.oe-record-delete:eq(0) button').click();
+            deepEqual(deleted, [1]);
+            start();
+        });
+    });
 });