1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
index 0c28f0f4b61..12b7b8f302c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/basic_fields.js
@@ -1471,12 +1471,19 @@ var FieldBinaryImage = AbstractFieldBinary.extend({
         },
     }),
     supportedFieldTypes: ['binary'],
+    file_type_magic_word: {
+        '/': 'jpg',
+        'R': 'gif',
+        'i': 'png',
+        'P': 'svg+xml',
+    },
     _render: function () {
         var self = this;
         var url = this.placeholder;
         if (this.value) {
             if (!utils.is_bin_size(this.value)) {
-                url = 'data:image/png;base64,' + this.value;
+                // Use magic-word technique for detecting image type
+                url = 'data:image/' + (this.file_type_magic_word[this.value[0]] || 'png') + ';base64,' + this.value;
             } else {
                 url = session.url('/web/image', {
                     model: this.model,