diff --git a/news/230.bugfix.rst b/news/230.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85c0e569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/230.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow the ContentBrowserWidget to be used inside an object widget
diff --git a/plone/app/z3cform/utils.py b/plone/app/z3cform/utils.py
index a7a079b7..7898c7f4 100644
--- a/plone/app/z3cform/utils.py
+++ b/plone/app/z3cform/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from Products.CMFCore.interfaces import IContentish
 from Products.CMFCore.interfaces import IFolderish
 from Products.CMFCore.interfaces import ISiteRoot
+from z3c.form.browser.object import ObjectWidget
 from z3c.form.interfaces import IForm
 from zope.component import providedBy
 from zope.component.hooks import getSite
@@ -143,6 +144,11 @@ def dict_merge(dict_a, dict_b):
 
 def get_widget_form(widget):
     form = getattr(widget, "form", None)
+    if isinstance(form, ObjectWidget):
+        # ObjectWidget are container widgets,
+        # the proper form is the one they belong to
+        return get_widget_form(form)
+
     if getattr(aq_base(form), "parentForm", None) is not None:
         form = form.parentForm
     return form
diff --git a/plone/app/z3cform/widgets/contentbrowser.py b/plone/app/z3cform/widgets/contentbrowser.py
index f97ac4df..ea1a3b70 100644
--- a/plone/app/z3cform/widgets/contentbrowser.py
+++ b/plone/app/z3cform/widgets/contentbrowser.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from plone.base.navigationroot import get_navigation_root_object
 from plone.base.utils import get_top_site_from_url
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
+from z3c.form.browser.object import ObjectWidget
 from z3c.form.interfaces import IEditForm
 from z3c.form.interfaces import IFieldWidget
 from z3c.form.interfaces import IForm
@@ -152,9 +153,12 @@ def get_pattern_options(self):
         view_context = get_widget_form(self)
         # For EditForms and non-Forms (in tests), the vocabulary is looked
         # up on the context, otherwise on the view
+
         if IEditForm.providedBy(view_context):
             if self.is_subform_widget():
                 view_context = self.form.parentForm.context
+            elif isinstance(self.form, ObjectWidget):
+                view_context = self.form.form.context
             elif not ISimpleItem.providedBy(context):
                 view_context = self.form.context
             else: