diff --git a/addons/sale_timesheet/models/account.py b/addons/sale_timesheet/models/account.py
index c4e4573d7cbb0886f4eb0633a21c3d7768b08f90..c3fb23eb40f13b77f36917f80fb3932115b4bb86 100644
--- a/addons/sale_timesheet/models/account.py
+++ b/addons/sale_timesheet/models/account.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class AccountAnalyticLine(models.Model):
             # Nominal employee cost = 1 * company project UoM (project_time_mode_id)
             return {
                 'amount': -unit_amount * cost,
-                'product_uom_id': uom.id
+                'product_uom_id': uom.id,
+                'account_id': emp.account_id,
             }
         return {}
 
diff --git a/addons/sale_timesheet/models/hr.py b/addons/sale_timesheet/models/hr.py
index 546b3d215340887f7bc8ddc80eb6a36121ae0203..5964b77ab04a384d3b49f0035473061a1e811910 100644
--- a/addons/sale_timesheet/models/hr.py
+++ b/addons/sale_timesheet/models/hr.py
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ class HrEmployee(models.Model):
 
     # FIXME: this field should be in module hr_timesheet, not sale_timesheet
     timesheet_cost = fields.Float('Timesheet Cost', default=0.0)
+    account_id = fields.Many2one('account.account', string='Account')
diff --git a/addons/sale_timesheet/views/hr_views.xml b/addons/sale_timesheet/views/hr_views.xml
index 01578bb5d07f060f1100a329df302ab21357d210..7b17e2dc67ec04a476cf74ace5daa063d8ae9e87 100644
--- a/addons/sale_timesheet/views/hr_views.xml
+++ b/addons/sale_timesheet/views/hr_views.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             <xpath expr="//group[@name='active_group']" position="before">
                 <group string="Timesheets">
                     <field name="timesheet_cost"/>
+                    <field name="account_id"/>
                 </group>
             </xpath>
         </field>