diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index 6a20442ed41..3996579e02a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@
   padding: 3px 6px;
   white-space: pre-line;
 }
-.openerp .oe_list_content > tbody > tr > td > button, .openerp .oe_list_content > tbody > tr > th > button {
+.openerp .oe_list_content > tbody > tr > td > button.btn_img, .openerp .oe_list_content > tbody > tr > th > button.btn_img {
   border: none;
   background: transparent;
   padding: 0;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
index 38a47eed1c5..b08427e0832 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ $sheet-padding: 16px
                     padding: 3px 6px
                     white-space: pre-line
                 > td, > th
-                    > button
+                    > button.btn_img
                         border: none
                         background: transparent
                         padding: 0
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
index 7426c70838c..d9a44fb991d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
@@ -2260,8 +2260,8 @@ instance.web.list.Button = instance.web.list.Column.extend({
             attrs = this.modifiers_for(row_data);
         }
         if (attrs.invisible) { return ''; }
-
-        return QWeb.render('ListView.row.button', {
+        var template = this.icon && 'ListView.row.button' || 'ListView.row.text_button';
+        return QWeb.render(template, {
             widget: this,
             prefix: instance.session.prefix,
             disabled: attrs.readonly
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 6f1c98cdda2..ded573f2af3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -785,11 +785,17 @@
         </span>
     </t>
 </t>
+<button t-name="ListView.row.text_button" type="button"
+        t-att-title="widget.string" t-att-disabled="disabled || undefined"
+        t-att-class="disabled ? 'oe_list_button_disabled btn' : 'btn'">
+    <t t-esc="widget.string"/>
+</button>
 <button t-name="ListView.row.button" type="button"
         t-att-title="widget.string" t-att-disabled="disabled || undefined"
-        t-att-class="disabled ? 'oe_list_button_disabled' : undefined"
-    ><img t-attf-src="#{prefix}/web/static/src/img/icons/#{widget.icon}.png"
-         t-att-alt="widget.string"/></button>
+        t-att-class="disabled ? 'oe_list_button_disabled btn_img' : 'btn_img'">
+    <img t-attf-src="#{prefix}/web/static/src/img/icons/#{widget.icon}.png"
+        t-att-alt="widget.string"/>
+</button>
 <t t-extend="ListView.row">
     <!-- adds back padding to row being rendered after edition, if necessary
          (if not deletable add back padding), otherwise the row being added is