diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
index 8ec2ad142a6..350ce9fa767 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
@@ -1867,6 +1867,17 @@ var FieldBinaryImage = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
     },
 });
 
+var KanbanFieldBinaryImage = FieldBinaryImage.extend({
+    // In kanban views, there is a weird logic to determine whether or not a
+    // click on a card should open the record in a form view.  This logic checks
+    // if the clicked element has click handlers bound on it, and if so, does
+    // not open the record (assuming that the click will be handle by someone
+    // else).  In the case of this widget, there are clicks handler but they
+    // only apply in edit mode, which is never the case in kanban views, so we
+    // simply remove them.
+    events: {},
+});
+
 var FieldBinaryFile = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
     description: _lt("File"),
     template: 'FieldBinaryFile',
@@ -3266,6 +3277,7 @@ return {
     FieldPdfViewer: FieldPdfViewer,
     AbstractFieldBinary: AbstractFieldBinary,
     FieldBinaryImage: FieldBinaryImage,
+    KanbanFieldBinaryImage: KanbanFieldBinaryImage,
     FieldBoolean: FieldBoolean,
     BooleanToggle: BooleanToggle,
     FieldChar: FieldChar,
@@ -3278,7 +3290,7 @@ return {
     FieldFloatTime: FieldFloatTime,
     FieldFloatFactor: FieldFloatFactor,
     FieldFloatToggle: FieldFloatToggle,
-    FieldPercentage : FieldPercentage,
+    FieldPercentage: FieldPercentage,
     FieldInteger: FieldInteger,
     FieldMonetary: FieldMonetary,
     FieldPercentPie: FieldPercentPie,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
index 942e6fc094a..9adb578639f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_registry.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ registry
     .add('CopyClipboardText', basic_fields.TextCopyClipboard)
     .add('CopyClipboardChar', basic_fields.CharCopyClipboard)
     .add('image', basic_fields.FieldBinaryImage)
+    .add('kanban.image', basic_fields.KanbanFieldBinaryImage)
     .add('binary', basic_fields.FieldBinaryFile)
     .add('pdf_viewer', basic_fields.FieldPdfViewer)
     .add('monetary', basic_fields.FieldMonetary)
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
index 4dbfb6d83fc..ca04c9413a8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
@@ -5854,6 +5854,44 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         kanban.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('click on image field in kanban with oe_kanban_global_click', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        var kanban = await createView({
+            View: KanbanView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<kanban class="o_kanban_test">' +
+                        '<templates><t t-name="kanban-box">' +
+                            '<div class="oe_kanban_global_click">' +
+                                '<field name="image" widget="image"/>' +
+                            '</div>' +
+                        '</t></templates>' +
+                    '</kanban>',
+            mockRPC: function (route) {
+                if (route.startsWith('data:image')) {
+                    return Promise.resolve();
+                }
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            },
+            intercepts: {
+                switch_view: function (event) {
+                    assert.deepEqual(_.pick(event.data, 'mode', 'model', 'res_id', 'view_type'), {
+                        mode: 'readonly',
+                        model: 'partner',
+                        res_id: 1,
+                        view_type: 'form',
+                    }, "should trigger an event to open the clicked record in a form view");
+                },
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert.containsN(kanban, '.o_kanban_record:not(.o_kanban_ghost)', 4);
+
+        await testUtils.dom.click(kanban.$('.o_field_image').first());
+
+        kanban.destroy();
+    });
 });
 
 });