diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index d221dfba40943d2a883c943cf9edf56dea427b60..463876f92b3ea18da6615783249230d791d73b31 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -2842,6 +2842,7 @@
 .openerp .oe_list_content td, .openerp .oe_list_content th {
   padding: 3px 6px;
   line-height: 18px;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 .openerp .oe_list_content th.oe_sortable, .openerp .oe_list_content th.oe_sortable div {
   cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
index 05270c0b68fee037879b077a516d1257fcbb2558..b1b866684b137ec624d519858f0a70958f123f27 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
@@ -2287,6 +2287,7 @@ $sheet-padding: 16px
         td, th
             padding: 3px 6px
             line-height: 18px
+            white-space: nowrap
         th.oe_sortable, th.oe_sortable div
             cursor: pointer
         th.oe_sortable div