diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 8735a52c120..99f8b794348 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1727,25 +1727,30 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldDate = openerp.web.form.FieldDatetime.extend({
     }
 });
 
-openerp.web.form.FieldText = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
+openerp.web.form.FieldText = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend(_.extend({}, openerp.web.form.ReinitializeFieldMixin, {
     template: 'FieldText',
-    start: function() {
-        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-        this.$textarea = this.$element.find('textarea').change(this.on_ui_change);
-        this.resized = false;
+    bind_events: function() {
+        this.$textarea = undefined;
+        if (!this.get("effective_readonly")) {
+            this.$textarea = this.$element.find('textarea').change(this.on_ui_change);
+            this.resized = false;
+        }
     },
     set_value: function(value) {
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-        var show_value = openerp.web.format_value(value, this, '');
-        this.$textarea.val(show_value);
-        if (!this.resized && this.view.options.resize_textareas) {
-            this.do_resize(this.view.options.resize_textareas);
-            this.resized = true;
-        }
+        this.render_value();
     },
-    update_dom: function() {
-        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-        this.$textarea.prop('readonly', this.readonly);
+    render_value: function() {
+        var show_value = openerp.web.format_value(this.value, this, '');
+        if (!this.get("effective_readonly")) {
+            this.$textarea.val(show_value);
+            if (!this.resized && this.view.options.resize_textareas) {
+                this.do_resize(this.view.options.resize_textareas);
+                this.resized = true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.$element.text(show_value);
+        }
     },
     set_value_from_ui: function() {
         this.value = openerp.web.parse_value(this.$textarea.val(), this);
@@ -1753,11 +1758,13 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldText = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
     },
     validate: function() {
         this.invalid = false;
-        try {
-            var value = openerp.web.parse_value(this.$textarea.val(), this, '');
-            this.invalid = this.required && value === '';
-        } catch(e) {
-            this.invalid = true;
+        if (!this.get("effective_readonly")) {
+            try {
+                var value = openerp.web.parse_value(this.$textarea.val(), this, '');
+                this.invalid = this.required && value === '';
+            } catch(e) {
+                this.invalid = true;
+            }
         }
     },
     focus: function($element) {
@@ -1786,7 +1793,7 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldText = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
     reset: function() {
         this.resized = false;
     }
-});
+}));
 
 openerp.web.form.FieldBoolean = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
     template: 'FieldBoolean',
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 5d8aa5c704b..c8df69c2bdc 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1002,12 +1002,14 @@
     </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldText">
-    <div t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{widget.type}">
-        <textarea rows="6"
-            t-att-name="widget.name"
-            t-attf-class="field_#{widget.type}"
-        ></textarea><img class="oe_field_translate oe_input_icon" t-if="widget.field.translate" t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-translate.png"' width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
-    </div>
+    <t t-if="!widget.get('effective_readonly')">
+        <div t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{widget.type}">
+            <textarea rows="6"
+                t-att-name="widget.name"
+                t-attf-class="field_#{widget.type}"
+            ></textarea><img class="oe_field_translate oe_input_icon" t-if="widget.field.translate" t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-translate.png"' width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
+        </div>
+    </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="web.datetimepicker">
     <div class="oe_datepicker_root" t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{widget.type}">