diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
index be4bfe190d9..1d487be020f 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class DateTimeConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
 
         if options and options.get('hide_seconds'):
             pattern = pattern.replace(":ss", "").replace(":s", "")
-        
+
         return babel.dates.format_datetime(value, format=pattern, locale=locale)
 
 class TextConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ class MonetaryConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
 
         lang_code = context.get('lang') or 'en_US'
         lang = self.pool['res.lang']
-        formatted_amount = lang.format(cr, uid, [lang_code], 
+        formatted_amount = lang.format(cr, uid, [lang_code],
             fmt, Currency.round(cr, uid, display, record[field_name]),
             grouping=True, monetary=True)
 
@@ -1120,7 +1120,10 @@ class WebAsset(object):
                     except ValueError:
                         self.last_modified =  datetime.datetime.strptime(attach[0]['__last_update'], server_format)
                 except Exception:
-                    raise KeyError("Could not find asset '%s' for '%s' addon" % (self.url, module))
+                    self._missingAsset(module)
+
+    def _missingAsset(self, module):
+        raise KeyError("Could not find asset '%s' for '%s' addon" % (self.url, module))
 
     @openerp.tools.func.lazy_property
     def content(self):
@@ -1147,6 +1150,11 @@ class JavascriptAsset(WebAsset):
         else:
             return '<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">%s</script>' % self.source
 
+    def _missingAsset(self, module):
+        self.source="console.log('Missing JS source : %s')" % self.url
+        self.url = None
+        self.last_modified = datetime.datetime.now()
+
 class StylesheetAsset(WebAsset):
     rx_import = re.compile(r"""@import\s+('|")(?!'|"|/|https?://)""", re.U)
     rx_url = re.compile(r"""url\s*\(\s*('|"|)(?!'|"|/|https?://|data:)""", re.U)