diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
index 04382e62bd7..f370ffbde32 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -637,7 +637,9 @@ openerp.base.ListView.List = Class.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.ListView.List
             this.$current.remove();
         }
         this.$current = this.$_element.clone(true);
-        this.$current.empty().append(QWeb.render('ListView.rows', this));
+        this.$current.empty().append(
+            QWeb.render('ListView.rows', _.extend({
+                render_cell: this.render_cell}, this)));
     },
     /**
      * Gets the ids of all currently selected records, if any
@@ -767,9 +769,42 @@ openerp.base.ListView.List = Class.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.ListView.List
             options: this.options,
             row: this.rows[record_index],
             row_parity: (record_index % 2 === 0) ? 'even' : 'odd',
-            row_index: record_index
+            row_index: record_index,
+            render_cell: this.render_cell
         });
     },
+    /**
+     * Formats the rendring of a given value based on its field type
+     *
+     * @param {Object} row_data record whose values should be displayed in the cell
+     * @param {Object} column column descriptor
+     * @param {"button"|"field"} column.tag base control type
+     * @param {String} column.type widget type for a field control
+     * @param {String} [column.string] button label
+     * @param {String} [column.icon] button icon
+     */
+    render_cell: function (row_data, column) {
+        var attrs = column.modifiers_for(row_data);
+        if (attrs.invisible) { return ''; }
+        if (column.tag === 'button') {
+            return [
+                '<button type="button" title="', column.string || '', '">',
+                    '<img src="/base/static/src/img/icons/', column.icon, '.png"',
+                        ' alt="', column.string || '', '"/>',
+                '</button>'
+            ].join('')
+        }
+
+        var record = row_data[column.id];
+        if (record.value === false) { return ''; }
+        switch (column.type) {
+            case 'many2one':
+                // name_get value format
+                return record.value[1];
+            default:
+                return record.value;
+        }
+    },
     /**
      * Stops displaying the records matching the provided ids.
      *
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 26c0e55e482..a550c62cf45 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -324,20 +324,7 @@
         <td t-if="!column.meta and column.invisible !== '1'" t-att-title="column.help"
             t-att-class="'oe-field-cell' + (align ? ' oe-number' : '')"
             t-att-data-field="column.id">
-            <t t-set="attrs" t-value="column.modifiers_for(row.data)"/>
-            <t t-if="!attrs.invisible">
-                <t t-set="is_button" t-value="column.tag === 'button'"/>
-                <!-- TODO: get correct widget from form -->
-                <t t-if="!is_button and row['data'][column.id].value !== false">
-                    <t t-set="value" t-value="row['data'][column.id].value"/>
-                    <t t-esc="value instanceof Array ? value[1] : value"/>
-                </t>
-                <button type="button" t-att-title="column.string"
-                        t-if="is_button">
-                    <img t-att-src="'/base/static/src/img/icons/' + column.icon + '.png'"
-                         t-att-alt="column.string"/>
-                </button>
-            </t>
+            <t t-raw="render_cell(row.data, column)"/>
         </td>
     </t>
     <td t-if="options.deletable" class='oe-record-delete'>