diff --git a/addons/report/controllers/main.py b/addons/report/controllers/main.py
index ba8016f6ea1..1fcdd7c4ad3 100644
--- a/addons/report/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/report/controllers/main.py
@@ -85,17 +85,8 @@ class ReportController(Controller):
         :param humanreadable: Accepted values: 0 (default) or 1. 1 will insert the readable value
         at the bottom of the output image
         """
-        if type == 'UPCA' and len(value) in (11, 12, 13):
-            type = 'EAN13'
-            if len(value) in (11, 12):
-                value = '0%s' % value
         try:
-            width, height, humanreadable = int(width), int(height), bool(humanreadable)
-            barcode = createBarcodeDrawing(
-                type, value=value, format='png', width=width, height=height,
-                humanReadable = humanreadable
-            )
-            barcode = barcode.asString('png')
+            barcode = request.registry['report'].barcode(type, value, width=width, height=height, humanreadable=humanreadable)
         except (ValueError, AttributeError):
             raise exceptions.HTTPException(description='Cannot convert into barcode.')
 
diff --git a/addons/report/models/__init__.py b/addons/report/models/__init__.py
index d21f03e5bcb..4566e3a43d3 100644
--- a/addons/report/models/__init__.py
+++ b/addons/report/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import report
 import report_paperformat
 import abstract_report
+import ir_qweb
diff --git a/addons/report/models/ir_qweb.py b/addons/report/models/ir_qweb.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4802586de50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/report/models/ir_qweb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from reportlab.graphics.barcode import createBarcodeDrawing
+
+from openerp.osv import osv
+from openerp.addons.base.ir.ir_qweb import HTMLSafe
+
+
+class BarcodeConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
+    """ ``barcode`` widget rendering, inserts a data:uri-using image tag in the
+    document. May be overridden by e.g. the website module to generate links
+    instead.
+    """
+    _name = 'ir.qweb.field.barcode'
+    _inherit = 'ir.qweb.field'
+
+    def value_to_html(self, cr, uid, value, field, options=None, context=None):
+        barcode_type = options.get('type', 'Code128')
+        barcode = self.pool['report'].barcode(
+            barcode_type,
+            value,
+            **dict((key, value) for key, value in options.items() if key in ['width', 'height', 'humanreadable']))
+        return HTMLSafe('<img src="data:%s;base64,%s">' % ('png', barcode.encode('base64')))
diff --git a/addons/report/models/report.py b/addons/report/models/report.py
index aa6b6d143b1..3c7d19fcc3a 100644
--- a/addons/report/models/report.py
+++ b/addons/report/models/report.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from contextlib import closing
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from functools import partial
 from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
+from reportlab.graphics.barcode import createBarcodeDrawing
 
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -574,3 +575,18 @@ class Report(osv.Model):
             stream.close()
 
         return merged_file_path
+
+    def barcode(self, barcode_type, value, width=600, height=100, humanreadable=0):
+        if barcode_type == 'UPCA' and len(value) in (11, 12, 13):
+            barcode_type = 'EAN13'
+            if len(value) in (11, 12):
+                value = '0%s' % value
+        try:
+            width, height, humanreadable = int(width), int(height), bool(humanreadable)
+            barcode = createBarcodeDrawing(
+                barcode_type, value=value, format='png', width=width, height=height,
+                humanReadable=humanreadable
+            )
+            return barcode.asString('png')
+        except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+            raise ValueError("Cannot convert into barcode.")
diff --git a/addons/website_report/__init__.py b/addons/website_report/__init__.py
index a0526c7c636..6737fad41b6 100644
--- a/addons/website_report/__init__.py
+++ b/addons/website_report/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 import controllers
 import report
+import ir_qweb
diff --git a/addons/website_report/ir_qweb.py b/addons/website_report/ir_qweb.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3123e13e254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/website_report/ir_qweb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from openerp.osv import orm
+
+
+class Barcode(orm.AbstractModel):
+    _name = 'website.qweb.field.barcode'
+    _inherit = ['website.qweb.field', 'ir.qweb.field.barcode']
+
+    def from_html(self, cr, uid, model, field, element, context=None):
+        return None