diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
index f06e757f7f1..02216052c69 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
         this.node = this.nodes.attrs.object,
         this.connector = this.connectors.attrs.object;
 
-        this.$element.html(QWeb.render("DiagramView", this));
+        this.$element.html(QWeb.render("DiagramView",  {'widget':self}));
         this.$element.addClass(this.fields_view.arch.attrs['class']);
 
         this.$element.find('div.oe_diagram_pager button[data-pager-action]').click(function() {
diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml
index 96e32f59648..f883f949457 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/xml/base_diagram.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 <t t-name="DiagramView">
     <div class="oe_diagram_header" t-att-id="element_id + '_header'">
         <h3 class="oe_diagram_title"/>
-        <div class="oe_diagram_buttons">
-            <button type="button" id="new_node" class="oe_button oe_diagram_button_new">New Node</button>
-        </div>
+            <t t-if="widget._is_action_enabled('create')">
+                <div class="oe_diagram_buttons">
+                        <button type="button" id="new_node" class="oe_button oe_diagram_button_new">New Node</button>
+                </div>
+            </t>
         <div class="oe_diagram_pager">
             <t t-call="ViewPager">
                 <span class="oe_pager_index">0</span> / <span class="oe_pager_count">0</span>
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 27b3184977c..84a0a76ba0d 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -785,6 +785,9 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanRecord = instance.web.Widget.extend({
     },
     kanban_compute_domain: function(domain) {
         return instance.web.form.compute_domain(domain, this.values);
+    },
+    _is_action_enabled: function(action) {
+        return (_.has(this.fields_view.arch.attrs, action))?JSON.parse(this.fields_view.arch.attrs[action]):true;
     }
 });