diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
index 296f8d09759..7b2514b4b28 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend(
     /** @lends openerp.base.ListView# */ {
     defaults: {
         // records can be selected one by one
-        'selectable': true
+        'selectable': true,
+        // whether the column headers should be displayed
+        'header': true
     },
     /**
      * @constructs
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.Controller.extend(
      * @param {String} view_id the listview's identifier, if any
      * @param {Object} options A set of options used to configure the view
      * @param {Boolean} [options.selectable=true] determines whether view rows are selectable (e.g. via a checkbox)
+     * @param {Boolean} [options.header=true] should the list's header be displayed
      */
     init: function(view_manager, session, element_id, dataset, view_id, options) {
         this._super(session, element_id);
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 1dcb30006d4..79428989c95 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     </table>
 </t>
 <t t-name="ListView.header">
-    <thead>
+    <thead t-if="options.header">
         <tr>
             <th t-if="options.selectable"/>
             <t t-foreach="columns" t-as="column">