diff --git a/addons/live_support/static/ext/static/js/livesupport.js b/addons/live_support/static/ext/static/js/livesupport.js
index 3f5238310e5..c2804b0454e 100644
--- a/addons/live_support/static/ext/static/js/livesupport.js
+++ b/addons/live_support/static/ext/static/js/livesupport.js
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ define(["nova", "jquery", "underscore", "oeclient", "require"], function(nova, $
         __init__: function(parent, user_rec) {
             nova.DynamicProperties.__init__.call(this, parent);
             user_rec.image_url = require.toUrl("../img/avatar/avatar.jpeg");
-            //if (user_rec.user)
-            //    user_rec.image_url = instance.session.url('/web/binary/image', {model:'res.users', field: 'image_small', id: user_rec.user[0]});
+            if (user_rec.image)
+                user_rec.image_url = "data:image/png;base64," + user_rec.image;
             this.set(user_rec);
             this.set("watcher_count", 0);
             this.on("change:watcher_count", this, function() {
diff --git a/addons/web_im/im.py b/addons/web_im/im.py
index eeddca248cf..bba1b96d550 100644
--- a/addons/web_im/im.py
+++ b/addons/web_im/im.py
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ class im_user(osv.osv):
 
     _columns = {
         'name': fields.related('user', 'name', type='char', size=200, string="Name", store=True, readonly=True),
+        'image': fields.related('user', 'image_small', type='binary', string="Image", readonly=True),
         'user': fields.many2one("res.users", string="User", select=True, ondelete='cascade'),
         'uuid': fields.char(string="UUID", size=50, select=True),
         'im_last_received': fields.integer(string="Instant Messaging Last Received Message"),
diff --git a/addons/web_im/static/src/js/im.js b/addons/web_im/static/src/js/im.js
index 3f43b813fba..9cb70e7d21c 100644
--- a/addons/web_im/static/src/js/im.js
+++ b/addons/web_im/static/src/js/im.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ openerp.web_im = function(instance) {
             var self = this;
             return this.user_search_dm.add(users.call("search_users", 
                         [[["name", "ilike", this.get("current_search")], ["id", "<>", instance.session.uid]],
-                        [], USERS_LIMIT], {context:new instance.web.CompoundContext()})).then(function(result) {
+                        ["name", "user", "uuid", "im_status"], USERS_LIMIT], {context:new instance.web.CompoundContext()})).then(function(result) {
                 self.c_manager.add_to_user_cache(result);
                 self.$(".oe_im_input").val("");
                 var old_users = self.users;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ openerp.web_im = function(instance) {
             if (_.size(no_cache) === 0)
                 return $.when();
             else
-                return new instance.web.Model("im.user").call("read", [_.values(no_cache), []],
+                return new instance.web.Model("im.user").call("read", [_.values(no_cache), ["name", "user", "uuid", "im_status"]],
                         {context: new instance.web.CompoundContext()}).then(function(users) {
                     self.add_to_user_cache(users);
                 });