diff --git a/addons/document/document_view.xml b/addons/document/document_view.xml
index a68f676a295..75545f3ec5b 100644
--- a/addons/document/document_view.xml
+++ b/addons/document/document_view.xml
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@
                     <field name="user_id">
                             <filter icon="terp-personal"
                                 domain="[('user_id','=',uid)]"
-                                help="Filter on my documents" />
+                                help="Filter on my documents"
+                                name="my_attachments"/>
                         </field>
                     <field name="parent_id" />
                     <field name="index_content"/>
diff --git a/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml b/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml
index d559d679c8b..3b3f262d8f1 100644
--- a/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                             <field name="body_text" colspan="4" nolabel="1" height="300" width="300"/>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Attachments">
-                            <field name="attachment_ids" colspan="4" nolabel="1"/>
+                            <field name="attachment_ids" colspan="4" nolabel="1" context="{'search_default_my_attachments':True}"/>
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
                     <group col="4" colspan="4">