diff --git a/addons/product/product.py b/addons/product/product.py
index 6acf1ac526b..3e5a65925f0 100644
--- a/addons/product/product.py
+++ b/addons/product/product.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class product_template(osv.osv):
         'rental': fields.boolean('Can be Rent'),
         'categ_id': fields.many2one('product.category','Category', required=True, change_default=True, domain="[('type','=','normal')]" ,help="Select category for the current product"),
         'list_price': fields.float('Sale Price', digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Product Price'), help="Base price for computing the customer price. Sometimes called the catalog price."),
-        'standard_price': fields.float('Cost', required=True, digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Product Price'), help="Product's cost for accounting stock valuation. It is the base price for the supplier price.", groups="base.group_user"),
+        'standard_price': fields.float('Cost', digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Product Price'), help="Product's cost for accounting stock valuation. It is the base price for the supplier price.", groups="base.group_user"),
         'volume': fields.float('Volume', help="The volume in m3."),
         'weight': fields.float('Gross Weight', digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Stock Weight'), help="The gross weight in Kg."),
         'weight_net': fields.float('Net Weight', digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Stock Weight'), help="The net weight in Kg."),
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class product_template(osv.osv):
         'list_price': lambda *a: 1,
         'cost_method': lambda *a: 'standard',
         'supply_method': lambda *a: 'buy',
-        'standard_price': lambda *a: 1,
+        'standard_price': lambda *a: 0.0,
         'sale_ok': lambda *a: 1,
         'sale_delay': lambda *a: 7,
         'produce_delay': lambda *a: 1,
diff --git a/addons/product/product_view.xml b/addons/product/product_view.xml
index 8d77a9844b0..702fa98060b 100644
--- a/addons/product/product_view.xml
+++ b/addons/product/product_view.xml
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
                                 <group>
                                     <group>
                                         <field name="list_price"/>
-                                        <field name="cost_method" groups="product.group_costing_method"/>
-                                        <field name="standard_price" attrs="{'readonly':[('cost_method','=','average')]}"/>
                                         <field name="price_margin" groups="product.group_product_variant"/>
                                         <field name="price_extra" groups="product.group_product_variant"/>
                                     </group>
@@ -109,6 +107,8 @@
                                 <group name="procurement">
                                     <group>
                                         <field name="procure_method" groups="base.group_user" attrs="{'invisible':[('type','=', 'service')]}"/>
+                                        <field name="cost_method" groups="product.group_costing_method"/>
+                                        <field name="standard_price" attrs="{'readonly':[('cost_method','=','average')]}"/>
                                     </group>
                                     <group>
                                         <field name="uom_po_id" groups="product.group_uom"/>