diff --git a/frappe/desk/form/meta.py b/frappe/desk/form/meta.py
index c751305d90..cba0107d08 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/form/meta.py
+++ b/frappe/desk/form/meta.py
@@ -116,22 +116,29 @@ class FormMeta(Meta):
 
 		links = dict(links)
 
-		if not links:
-			return {}
-
 		ret = {}
 
 		for dt in links:
 			ret[dt] = { "fieldname": links[dt] }
 
-		for grand_parent, options in frappe.db.sql("""select parent, options from tabDocField
-			where fieldtype="Table"
-				and options in (select name from tabDocType
-					where istable=1 and name in (%s))""" % ", ".join(["%s"] * len(links)) ,tuple(links)):
+		if links:
+			for grand_parent, options in frappe.db.sql("""select parent, options from tabDocField
+				where fieldtype="Table"
+					and options in (select name from tabDocType
+						where istable=1 and name in (%s))""" % ", ".join(["%s"] * len(links)) ,tuple(links)):
 
-			ret[grand_parent] = {"child_doctype": options, "fieldname": links[options] }
-			if options in ret:
-				del ret[options]
+				ret[grand_parent] = {"child_doctype": options, "fieldname": links[options] }
+				if options in ret:
+					del ret[options]
+
+		links = frappe.db.sql("""select dt from `tabCustom Field`
+			where (fieldtype="Table" and options=%s)""", (self.name))
+		links += frappe.db.sql("""select parent from tabDocField
+			where (fieldtype="Table" and options=%s)""", (self.name))
+
+		for dt, in links:
+			if not dt in ret:
+				ret[dt] = {"get_parent": True}
 
 		self.set("__linked_with", ret)
 
diff --git a/frappe/desk/form/utils.py b/frappe/desk/form/utils.py
index 3fdfa46973..be6e992b69 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/form/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/desk/form/utils.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def get_linked_docs(doctype, name, metadata_loaded=None, no_metadata=False):
 	if not linkinfo:
 		return results
 
+	me = frappe.db.get_value(doctype, name, ["parenttype", "parent"], as_dict=True)
 	for dt, link in linkinfo.items():
 		link["doctype"] = dt
 		link_meta_bundle = frappe.desk.form.load.get_meta_bundle(dt)
@@ -123,7 +124,14 @@ def get_linked_docs(doctype, name, metadata_loaded=None, no_metadata=False):
 			fields = ["`tab{dt}`.`{fn}`".format(dt=dt, fn=sf.strip()) for sf in fields if sf]
 
 			try:
-				if link.get("child_doctype"):
+				if link.get("get_parent"):
+					if me and me.parent and me.parenttype == dt:
+						ret = frappe.get_list(doctype=dt, fields=fields,
+							filters=[[dt, "name", '=', me.parent]])
+					else:
+						ret = None
+
+				elif link.get("child_doctype"):
 					ret = frappe.get_list(doctype=dt, fields=fields,
 						filters=[[link.get('child_doctype'), link.get("fieldname"), '=', name]])