diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/list.js
index 60ba22dc68c..e0c6405db2f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -775,6 +775,31 @@ openerp.web.ListView.List = openerp.web.Class.extend( /** @lends openerp.web.Lis
         this.$current.empty().append(
             QWeb.render('ListView.rows', _.extend({
                 render_cell: openerp.web.format_cell}, this)));
+        this.pad_table_to(5);
+    },
+    pad_table_to: function (count) {
+        if (this.records.length >= count ||
+                _(this.columns).any(function(column) { return column.meta; })) {
+            return;
+        }
+        var cells = [];
+        if (this.options.selectable) {
+            cells.push('<td title="selection"></td>');
+        }
+        _(this.columns).each(function(column) {
+            if (column.invisible !== '1') {
+                cells.push('<td title="' + column.string + '">&nbsp;</td>');
+            }
+        });
+        if (this.options.deletable) {
+            cells.push('<td><button type="button" style="visibility: hidden"> </button></td>');
+        }
+        cells.unshift('<tr>');
+        cells.push('</tr>');
+
+        var row = cells.join('');
+        this.$current.append(new Array(count - this.records.length + 1).join(row));
+        this.refresh_zebra(this.records.length);
     },
     /**
      * Gets the ids of all currently selected records, if any