diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/templates/common/forms/widgets/button_widget.html b/mayan/apps/common/templates/common/forms/widgets/button_widget.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0009ff15e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/templates/common/forms/widgets/button_widget.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% with widget.value as link %}
+    {% include 'navigation/generic_link_instance.html' %}
+{% endwith %}
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/widgets.py b/mayan/apps/common/widgets.py
index d65b62e137..01d4c63af7 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/widgets.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/widgets.py
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ from .icons import icon_fail as default_icon_fail
 from .icons import icon_ok as default_icon_ok
 
 
+class ButtonWidget(forms.widgets.Widget):
+    template_name = 'common/forms/widgets/button_widget.html'
+
+    def format_value(self, value):
+        if value == '' or value is None:
+            return None
+        return value
+
+
 class DisableableSelectWidget(forms.SelectMultiple):
     allow_multiple_selected = True