diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/chrome.js
index b019d7f1867..556c715d339 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -137,6 +137,29 @@ openerp.base.Registry = Class.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.Registry# */ {
         }
         return object_match;
     },
+    /**
+     * Tries a number of keys, and returns the first object matching one of
+     * the keys.
+     *
+     * @param {Array} keys a sequence of keys to fetch the object for
+     * @returns {Class} the first class found matching an object
+     *
+     * @throws {openerp.base.KeyNotFound} if none of the keys was in the mapping
+     * @trows {openerp.base.ObjectNotFound} if a found object path was invalid
+     */
+    get_any: function (keys) {
+        for (var i=0; i<keys.length; ++i) {
+            try {
+                return this.get_object(keys[i]);
+            } catch (e) {
+                if (e instanceof openerp.base.KeyNotFound) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+        throw new openerp.base.KeyNotFound(keys.join(','));
+    },
     /**
      * Adds a new key and value to the registry.
      *
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
index 597a0c7f9b9..fabf962cb93 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
@@ -568,8 +568,8 @@ openerp.base.form.WidgetFrame = openerp.base.form.Widget.extend({
     },
     handle_node: function(node) {
         var type = this.view.fields_view.fields[node.attrs.name] || {};
-        var widget_type = node.attrs.widget || type.type || node.tag;
-        var widget = new (this.view.registry.get_object(widget_type)) (this.view, node);
+        var widget = new (this.view.registry.get_any(
+                [node.attrs.widget, type.type, node.tag])) (this.view, node);
         if (node.tag == 'field') {
             if (!this.view.default_focus_field || node.attrs.default_focus == '1') {
                 this.view.default_focus_field = widget;