diff --git a/bin/addons/base/module/module.py b/bin/addons/base/module/module.py
index e8964fc31e1..98fb4bd07a5 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/module/module.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/module/module.py
@@ -153,10 +153,12 @@ class module_repository(osv.osv):
 			'- The first parenthesis must match the name of the module.\n'
 			'- The second parenthesis must match all the version number.\n'
 			'- The last parenthesis must match the extension of the module.'),
+		'active': fields.boolean('Active'),
 	}
 	_defaults = {
 		'sequence': lambda *a: 5,
 		'filter': lambda *a: 'href="([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)-('+release.version.rsplit('.', 1)[0]+'.(\\d+)((\\.\\d+)*)([a-z]?)((_(pre|p|beta|alpha|rc)\\d*)*)(-r(\\d+))?)(\.zip)"',
+		'active': lambda *a: 1,
 	}
 	_order = "sequence"
 module_repository()
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/module/module_view.xml b/bin/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
index 3a3e4dc0d04..24c717cdac6 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
 				<form string="Repository">
 					<field name="name" select="1"/>
 					<field name="sequence"/>
-					<field name="url" colspan="4" select="1" widget="url"/>
+					<field name="url" select="1" widget="url"/>
+					<field name="active" select="1"/>
 					<field name="filter" colspan="4"/>
 				</form>
 			</field>
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@
 			<field name="arch" type="xml">
 				<tree string="Repository list">
 					<field name="sequence"/>
+					<field name="active"/>
 					<field name="name"/>
 					<field name="url"/>
 				</tree>
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@
 			<field name="res_model">ir.module.repository</field>
 			<field name="view_type">form</field>
 			<field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
+			<field name="context">{'active_test': False}</field>
 		</record>
 		<menuitem
 			name="Administration/Modules management/Repositories"