diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js
index c132b8365fb..a651c7d8bfa 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js
@@ -852,29 +852,60 @@
     var eval_domains = function (domains, evaluation_context) {
         evaluation_context = _.extend(instance.web.pyeval.context(), evaluation_context || {});
         var result_domain = [];
+        // Normalize only if the first domain is the array ["|"] or ["!"]
+        var need_normalization = (
+            domains.length > 0
+            && domains[0].length === 1
+            && (domains[0][0] === "|" || domains[0][0] === "!")
+        );
         _(domains).each(function (domain) {
             if (_.isString(domain)) {
                 // wrap raw strings in domain
                 domain = { __ref: 'domain', __debug: domain };
             }
+            var domain_array_to_combine;
             switch(domain.__ref) {
             case 'domain':
                 evaluation_context.context = evaluation_context;
-                result_domain.push.apply(
-                    result_domain, py.eval(domain.__debug, wrap_context(evaluation_context)));
+                domain_array_to_combine = py.eval(domain.__debug, wrap_context(evaluation_context));
                 break;
             case 'compound_domain':
                 var eval_context = eval_contexts([domain.__eval_context]);
-                result_domain.push.apply(
-                    result_domain, eval_domains(
-                        domain.__domains, _.extend(
-                            {}, evaluation_context, eval_context)));
+                domain_array_to_combine = eval_domains(
+                    domain.__domains,
+                    _.extend({}, evaluation_context, eval_context)
+                );
                 break;
             default:
-                result_domain.push.apply(result_domain, domain);
+                domain_array_to_combine = domain;
             }
+            if (need_normalization) {
+                domain_array_to_combine = get_normalized_domain(domain_array_to_combine);
+            }
+            result_domain.push.apply(result_domain, domain_array_to_combine);
         });
         return result_domain;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns a normalized copy of the given domain array. Normalization is
+         * is making the implicit "&" at the start of the domain explicit, e.g.
+         * [A, B, C] would become ["&", "&", A, B, C].
+         *
+         * @param {Array} domain_array
+         * @returns {Array} normalized copy of the given array
+         */
+        function get_normalized_domain(domain_array) {
+            var expected = 1; // Holds the number of expected domain expressions
+            _.each(domain_array, function (item) {
+                if (item === "&" || item === "|") {
+                    expected++;
+                } else if (item !== "!") {
+                    expected--;
+                }
+            });
+            var new_explicit_ands = _.times(-expected, _.constant("&"));
+            return new_explicit_ands.concat(domain_array);
+        }
     };
     var eval_groupbys = function (contexts, evaluation_context) {
         evaluation_context = _.extend(instance.web.pyeval.context(), evaluation_context || {});
@@ -995,7 +1026,7 @@
                                 instance.web._t("Local evaluation failure\n%s\n\n%s"),
                                 e.message, JSON.stringify(source))
                     }
-                }};                
+                }};
             }
             d.resolve(result);
         }, 0); });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/evals.js b/addons/web/static/test/evals.js
index ff97086b019..8dd9a62497e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/evals.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/evals.js
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('eval.edc.nonliterals', {
     test('domain with time', {asserts: 1}, function (instance) {
         return instance.edc([
             [['type', '=', 'contract']],
-            { "__domains": [["|"], [["state", "in", ["open", "draft"]]], [["state", "=", "pending"]]],
+            { "__domains": [["|"], [["state", "in", ["open", "draft"]]], [["type", "=", "contract"], ["state", "=", "pending"]]],
               "__eval_context": null,
               "__ref": "compound_domain"
             },
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ openerp.testing.section('eval.edc.nonliterals', {
             deepEqual(result.domain, [
                 ["type", "=", "contract"],
                 "|", ["state", "in", ["open", "draft"]],
-                     ["state", "=", "pending"],
+                    "&", ["type", "=", "contract"],
+                         ["state", "=", "pending"],
                 "|",
                     "&", ["date", "!=", false],
                          ["date", "<=", today],