diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index ced99bea7c2..cb6a7bedc95 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -2553,18 +2553,30 @@ openerp.web.form.SelectCreatePopup = openerp.web.OldWidget.extend(/** @lends ope
         this.dataset.parent_view = this.options.parent_view;
         this.dataset.on_default_get.add(this.on_default_get);
         if (this.options.initial_view == "search") {
-            this.setup_search_view();
+            self.rpc('/web/session/eval_domain_and_context', {
+                domains: [],
+                contexts: [this.context]
+            }, function (results) {
+                var search_defaults = {};
+                _.each(results.context, function (value, key) {
+                    var match = /^search_default_(.*)$/.exec(key);
+                    if (match) {
+                        search_defaults[match[1]] = value;
+                    }
+                });
+                self.setup_search_view(search_defaults);
+            });
         } else { // "form"
             this.new_object();
         }
     },
-    setup_search_view: function() {
+    setup_search_view: function(search_defaults) {
         var self = this;
         if (this.searchview) {
             this.searchview.stop();
         }
         this.searchview = new openerp.web.SearchView(this,
-                this.dataset, false, {});
+                this.dataset, false,  search_defaults);
         this.searchview.on_search.add(function(domains, contexts, groupbys) {
             if (self.initial_ids) {
                 self.do_search(domains.concat([[["id", "in", self.initial_ids]], self.domain]),