diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py b/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
index 4220fe0df1e..1e6b8118cf2 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ class account_asset_category(osv.osv):
         'company_id': lambda self, cr, uid, context: self.pool.get('res.company')._company_default_get(cr, uid, 'account.asset.category', context=context),
     }
 
+    def onchange_account_depreciation_id(self, cr, uid, ids, account_asset_id, context=None):
+        if context is None:
+            context = {}
+        account_depreciation_id = self.pool.get('account.account').browse(cr, uid, account_asset_id,
+        context=context).id
+        return {'value': {
+            'account_depreciation_id': account_depreciation_id,
+            }
+        }
+
 account_asset_category()
 
 #class one2many_mod_asset(fields.one2many):
diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
index f75b0dc4cf6..2ae55c69611 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                 <field name="company_id" widget="selection" groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
                 <separator string="Accounting information" colspan="4" />
                 <field name="journal_id"/>
-                <field name="account_asset_id"/>
+                <field name="account_asset_id" on_change="onchange_account_depreciation_id(account_asset_id)"/>
                 <field name="account_depreciation_id"/>
                 <field name="account_expense_depreciation_id"/>
         	<group col="4" colspan="4" groups="analytic.group_analytic_accounting">