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diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/core/utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/core/utils.js
index acf8ca4d68d..b9f5a7c9689 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/core/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/core/utils.js
@@ -24,6 +24,25 @@ var utils = {
         }
     },
     /**
+     * Check if the value is a bin_size or not.
+     * If not, compute an approximate size out of the base64 encoded string.
+     *
+     * @param  {string} value original format
+     * @return {string} bin_size (human-readable)
+     */
+    binaryToBinsize: function (value) {
+        if (!value) {
+            return this.human_size(0);
+        }
+        if (!this.is_bin_size(value)) {
+            // Computing approximate size out of base64 encoded string
+            // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME
+            return this.human_size(value.length / 1.37);
+        }
+        // already bin_size
+        return value;
+    },
+    /**
      * Confines a value inside an interval
      *
      * @param {number} [val] the value to confine