diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/data/res_country_data.xml b/odoo/addons/base/data/res_country_data.xml
index 79076a097e7..8633a137c24 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/data/res_country_data.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/data/res_country_data.xml
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@
             <field name="name">Mauritania</field>
             <field name="code">mr</field>
             <field file="base/static/img/country_flags/mr.png" name="image" type="base64" />
-            <field name="currency_id" ref="MRO" />
+            <field name="currency_id" ref="MRU" />
             <field eval="222" name="phone_code" />
         </record>
         <record id="ms" model="res.country">
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/data/res_currency_data.xml b/odoo/addons/base/data/res_currency_data.xml
index d7433c92def..2c54cd69b79 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/data/res_currency_data.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/data/res_currency_data.xml
@@ -983,6 +983,15 @@
             <field name="currency_subunit_label">Khoums</field>
         </record>
 
+        <record id="MRU" model="res.currency">
+            <field name="name">MRU</field>
+            <field name="symbol">UM</field>
+            <field name="rounding">0.01</field>
+            <field name="active" eval="False"/>
+            <field name="currency_unit_label">Ouguiya</field>
+            <field name="currency_subunit_label">Khoums</field>
+        </record>
+
         <record id="MDL" model="res.currency">
             <field name="name">MDL</field>
             <field name="symbol">L</field>