diff --git a/product/CMFActivity/ActiveObject.py b/product/CMFActivity/ActiveObject.py
index 498b48ea0537a09d31047e453703e8059dd13175..a813627619736bf737f993df6f912fc200a9a1f6 100644
--- a/product/CMFActivity/ActiveObject.py
+++ b/product/CMFActivity/ActiveObject.py
@@ -195,12 +195,28 @@ class ActiveObject(ExtensionClass.Base):
     tv[key] = kw
 
   security.declareProtected( permissions.View, 'getDefaultActivateParameterDict' )
-  def getDefaultActivateParameterDict(self):
+  def getDefaultActivateParameterDict(self, inherit_placess=True):
     # This method returns default activate parameters to self.
     # The result can be either a dict object or None.
     tv = getTransactionalVariable(self)
-    key = ('default_activate_parameter', id(aq_base(self)))
-    return tv.get(key)
+    if inherit_placess:
+      placeless = tv.get(('default_activate_parameter', ))
+      if placeless is not None:
+        placeless = placeless.copy()
+    else:
+      placeless = None
+    local = tv.get(('default_activate_parameter', id(aq_base(self))))
+    if local is None:
+      result = placeless
+    else:
+      if placeless is None:
+        result = local.copy()
+      else:
+        # local defaults takes precedence over placeless defaults.
+        result = {}
+        result.update(placeless)
+        result.update(local)
+    return result
 
   def getActivityRuntimeEnvironment(self):
     return getActivityRuntimeEnvironment()
diff --git a/product/ERP5/ERP5Site.py b/product/ERP5/ERP5Site.py
index e90cec109ac902d0ed39b5bee81b690d842a0ce9..aab21cf4f5ed5298a1b66abcf7b2559eb9520af2 100644
--- a/product/ERP5/ERP5Site.py
+++ b/product/ERP5/ERP5Site.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from Products.ERP5.Document.BusinessTemplate import BusinessTemplate
 from Products.ERP5Type.Log import log as unrestrictedLog
 from Products.CMFActivity.Errors import ActivityPendingError
 import ERP5Defaults
+from Products.ERP5Type.TransactionalVariable import getTransactionalVariable
 
 from zLOG import LOG, INFO
 from string import join
@@ -1094,6 +1095,40 @@ class ERP5Site(FolderMixIn, CMFSite):
                   DeprecationWarning)
     unrestrictedLog(description, content = content, level = level)
 
+  security.declarePublic('setPlacelessDefaultReindexParameters')
+  def setPlacelessDefaultReindexParameters(self, **kw):
+    # This method sets the default keyword parameters to reindex. This is useful
+    # when you need to specify special parameters implicitly (e.g. to reindexObject).
+    # Those parameters will affect all reindex calls, not just ones on self.
+    tv = getTransactionalVariable(self)
+    key = ('default_reindex_parameter', )
+    tv[key] = kw
+
+  security.declarePublic('setPlacelessDefaultActivateParameters')
+  def setPlacelessDefaultActivateParameters(self, **kw):
+    # This method sets the default keyword parameters to activate. This is useful
+    # when you need to specify special parameters implicitly (e.g. to reindexObject).
+    # Those parameters will affect all activate calls, not just ones on self.
+    tv = getTransactionalVariable(self)
+    key = ('default_activate_parameter', )
+    tv[key] = kw
+
+  security.declarePublic('getPlacelessDefaultReindexParameters')
+  def getPlacelessDefaultReindexParameters(self):
+    # This method returns default reindex parameters to self.
+    # The result can be either a dict object or None.
+    tv = getTransactionalVariable(self)
+    key = ('default_reindex_parameter', )
+    return tv.get(key)
+
+  security.declarePublic('getPlacelessDefaultActivateParameters')
+  def getPlacelessDefaultActivateParameters(self):
+    # This method returns default activate parameters to self.
+    # The result can be either a dict object or None.
+    tv = getTransactionalVariable(self)
+    key = ('default_activate_parameter', )
+    return tv.get(key)
+
 Globals.InitializeClass(ERP5Site)
 
 def getBootstrapDirectory():
diff --git a/product/ERP5Type/Base.py b/product/ERP5Type/Base.py
index e5cce4b658f049a811e9e5e4ee435b79de341b11..ee04e48dd8fde4e2910f39a76220b05581babcc3 100644
--- a/product/ERP5Type/Base.py
+++ b/product/ERP5Type/Base.py
@@ -3577,12 +3577,28 @@ class Base( CopyContainer,
     tv[key] = kw
 
   security.declareProtected(Permissions.View, 'getDefaultReindexParameterDict' )
-  def getDefaultReindexParameterDict(self):
+  def getDefaultReindexParameterDict(self, inherit_placess=True):
     # This method returns default reindex parameters to self.
     # The result can be either a dict object or None.
     tv = getTransactionalVariable(self)
-    key = ('default_reindex_parameter', id(aq_base(self)))
-    return tv.get(key)
+    if inherit_placess:
+      placeless = tv.get(('default_reindex_parameter', ))
+      if placeless is not None:
+        placeless = placeless.copy()
+    else:
+      placeless = None
+    local = tv.get(('default_reindex_parameter', id(aq_base(self))))
+    if local is None:
+      result = placeless
+    else:
+      if placeless is None:
+        result = local.copy()
+      else:
+        # local defaults takes precedence over placeless defaults.
+        result = {}
+        result.update(placeless)
+        result.update(local)
+    return result
 
   security.declareProtected(Permissions.View, 'isItem' )
   def isItem(self):