diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users.py
index df83f0ac1e3..e3806643c28 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users.py
@@ -778,6 +778,19 @@ class users_view(osv.osv):
values['groups_id'] = [(3, id) for id in remove] + [(4, id) for id in add]
def default_get(self, cr, uid, fields, context=None):
+ # add "default_groups_ref" inside the context to set default value for group_id with xml values
+ if context.get("default_groups_ref", None) and isinstance(context.get("default_groups_ref"), list):
+ context['default_groups_id'] = []
+ ir_model_data = self.pool.get('ir.model.data')
+ for group in context.get("default_groups_ref"):
+ group_split = group.split('.')
+ if len(group_split) != 2 or \
+ not group_split[0] or not isinstance(group_split[0], (str, unicode, basestring)) or \
+ not group_split[1] or not isinstance(group_split[1], (str, unicode, basestring)):
+ raise osv.except_osv(_('Invalid context value'), _('Invalid context default_groups_ref value (model.name_id) : "%s"') % group)
+ model_data_ids = ir_model_data.search(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, [('model', '=', 'res.groups'), ('module', '=', group_split[0]), ('name', '=', group_split[1])])
+ context['default_groups_id'] += [group_data['res_id'] for group_data in ir_model_data.read(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, model_data_ids, ['res_id'])]
+
group_fields, fields = partition(is_reified_group, fields)
fields1 = (fields + ['groups_id']) if group_fields else fields
values = super(users_view, self).default_get(cr, uid, fields1, context)
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml
index 1c858bbc994..9d6b334e180 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
-
+