diff --git a/addons/web/controllers/main.py b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
index c79bf4552b1..9d71451a344 100644
--- a/addons/web/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
@@ -1402,13 +1402,14 @@ class Import(View):
         return fields
 
     @openerpweb.httprequest
-    def detect_data(self, req, csvfile, csvsep, csvdel, csvcode, csvskip, **params):
+    def detect_data(self, req, model, csvfile, csvsep, csvdel, csvcode, csvskip,
+                    jsonp):
 
         _fields = {}
         _fields_invert = {}
         req_field = []
         error = None
-        fields = req.session.model(params.get('model')).fields_get(False, req.session.eval_context(req.context))
+        fields = req.session.model(model).fields_get(False, req.session.eval_context(req.context))
         fields.update({'id': {'string': 'ID'}, '.id': {'string': 'Database ID'}})
 
         for field in fields:
@@ -1450,7 +1451,8 @@ class Import(View):
             data = csv.reader(csvfile, quotechar=str(csvdel), delimiter=str(csvsep))
         except:
             error={'message': 'error opening .CSV file. Input Error.'}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
         records = []
         count = 0
@@ -1482,12 +1484,15 @@ class Import(View):
         if error:
             csvfile.seek(0)
             error=dict(error, preview=csvfile.read(200))
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
-        return simplejson.dumps({'records':records[1:],'header':header_fields,'all_fields':all_fields,'req_field':req_field})
+        return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+            jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'records':records[1:],'header':header_fields,'all_fields':all_fields,'req_field':req_field}))
 
     @openerpweb.httprequest
-    def import_data(self, req, csvfile, csvsep, csvdel, csvcode, csvskip, **params):
+    def import_data(self, req, model, csvfile, csvsep, csvdel, csvcode, csvskip,
+                        jsonp):
 
         _fields = {}
         _fields_invert = {}
@@ -1495,7 +1500,7 @@ class Import(View):
         prefix_value = ''
 
         context = req.session.eval_context(req.context)
-        modle_obj = req.session.model(params.get('model'))
+        modle_obj = req.session.model(model)
         res = None
 
         limit = 0
@@ -1503,7 +1508,8 @@ class Import(View):
 
         if not (csvdel and len(csvdel) == 1):
             error={'message': "The CSV delimiter must be a single character"}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
         try:
             data_record = csv.reader(csvfile, quotechar=str(csvdel), delimiter=str(csvsep))
@@ -1515,7 +1521,8 @@ class Import(View):
 
         except csv.Error, e:
             error={'message': str(e),'title': 'File Format Error'}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
         datas = []
         ctx = context
@@ -1538,7 +1545,8 @@ class Import(View):
 
         if unmatch_field:
             error = {'message':("You cannot import the fields '%s',because we cannot auto-detect it." % (unmatch_field))}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
         for line in data[1:]:
             try:
@@ -1549,22 +1557,26 @@ class Import(View):
         # If the file contains nothing,
         if not datas:
             error = {'message': 'The file is empty !', 'title': 'Importation !'}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
         #Inverting the header into column names
         try:
             res = modle_obj.import_data(fields, datas, 'init', '', False, ctx)
         except xmlrpclib.Fault, e:
             error = {"message":e.faultCode}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
 
         if res[0]>=0:
             success={'message':'Imported %d objects' % (res[0],)}
-            return simplejson.dumps({'success':success})
+            return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+                jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':success}))
 
         d = ''
         for key,val in res[1].items():
             d+= ('%s: %s' % (str(key),str(val)))
         msg = 'Error trying to import this record:%s. ErrorMessage:%s %s' % (d,res[2],res[3])
         error = {'message':str(msg), 'title':'ImportationError'}
-        return simplejson.dumps({'error':error})
\ No newline at end of file
+        return '<script>window.top.%s(%s);</script>' % (
+            jsonp, simplejson.dumps({'error':error}))
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/data_import.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/data_import.js
index a0b0ca34430..ae22d2226c9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/data_import.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/data_import.js
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 openerp.web.data_import = function(openerp) {
 var QWeb = openerp.web.qweb;
+/**
+ * Safari does not deal well at all with raw JSON data being returned. As a
+ * result, we're going to cheat by using a pseudo-jsonp: instead of getting
+ * JSON data in the iframe, we're getting a ``script`` tag which consists of a
+ * function call and the returned data (the json dump).
+ *
+ * The function is an auto-generated name bound to ``window``, which calls
+ * back into the callback provided here.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} form the form element (DOM or jQuery) to use in the call
+ * @param {Object} attributes jquery.form attributes object
+ * @param {Function} callback function to call with the returned data
+ */
+function jsonp(form, attributes, callback) {
+    var options = {jsonp: _.uniqueId('import_callback_')};
+    window[options.jsonp] = function () {
+        delete window[options.jsonp];
+        callback.apply(null, arguments);
+    };
+    $(form).ajaxSubmit(_.extend({
+        data: options
+    }, attributes));
+}
 openerp.web.DataImport = openerp.web.Dialog.extend({
     init: function(parent, dataset){
         this.parent = parent;
@@ -35,11 +58,9 @@ openerp.web.DataImport = openerp.web.Dialog.extend({
     do_import: function() {
             var self = this;
             if(!this.$element.find('#csvfile').val()) { return; }
-            this.$element.find('#import_data').attr({
-                'action': '/web/import/import_data'
-            }).ajaxSubmit({
-                success: this.on_import_results
-            });
+            jsonp(this.$element.find('#import_data'), {
+                url: '/web/import/import_data'
+            }, this.on_import_results);
     },
     on_autodetect_data: function() {
             var self = this;
@@ -48,17 +69,14 @@ openerp.web.DataImport = openerp.web.Dialog.extend({
                 this.$element.find("#imported_success").css('display','none');
             }
             if(!this.$element.find('#csvfile').val()) { return; }
-            this.$element.find('#import_data').attr({
-                'action': '/web/import/detect_data'
-            }).ajaxSubmit({
-                success: this.on_import_results
-            });
+            jsonp(this.$element.find('#import_data'), {
+                url: '/web/import/detect_data'
+            }, this.on_import_results);
     },
-    on_import_results:function(res){
+    on_import_results:function(results){
         var self = this;
         this.$element.find('#result, #success , #message').empty();
 
-        var results = $.parseJSON(res);
         var result_node = $("#result");
         var records = {};
 
@@ -117,4 +135,4 @@ openerp.web.DataImport = openerp.web.Dialog.extend({
         this._super();
     }
 });
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};