diff --git a/addons/sale_product_configurator/views/sale_views.xml b/addons/sale_product_configurator/views/sale_views.xml
index a3ee67a7bfa..de662593e6f 100644
--- a/addons/sale_product_configurator/views/sale_views.xml
+++ b/addons/sale_product_configurator/views/sale_views.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
                 <field name="is_configurable_product" invisible="1" />
             </xpath>
             <xpath expr="//tree/field[@name='product_id']" position="attributes">
-                <attribute name="invisible">1</attribute>
+                <attribute name="optional">hide</attribute>
+                <attribute name="string">Product Variant</attribute>
             </xpath>
         </field>
     </record>