diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 350244b9ddd81bbb9871adc29828c87c541469d7..c688154c8368155107318e76edf813d551441a0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Features:
 - #495582 Reviewed Panels 3 integration (prep work for combo / multigroups).
   Implementation of fieldgroup_view_group() that can be used to render field groups.
 - #417122 by quicksketch: allow drupal_alter on field and widget settings.
+- #514452 Add new argument $node to content_access() to enhance the context for hook_field_access().
 
 Bugfixes:
 - #482774 Update breaks when CCK is disabled.
diff --git a/content.module b/content.module
index 7ae3adccd2dfb848b21060596a4d73082f42ed24..553335505a3ac21c4d4ba0dbea1087a589993722 100644
--- a/content.module
+++ b/content.module
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ function content_field($op, &$node, $field, &$items, $teaser, $page) {
           '#type' => 'content_field',
           '#title' => check_plain(t($field['widget']['label'])),
           '#field_name' => $field['field_name'],
-          '#access' => $formatter_name != 'hidden' && content_access('view', $field),
+          '#access' => $formatter_name != 'hidden' && content_access('view', $field, NULL, $node),
           '#label_display' => $label_display,
           '#node' => $node,
           '#teaser' => $teaser,
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ function content_format($field, $item, $formatter_name = 'default', $node = NULL
     $field = content_fields($field);
   }
 
-  if (content_access('view', $field) && $formatter = _content_get_formatter($formatter_name, $field['type'])) {
+  if (content_access('view', $field, NULL, $node) && $formatter = _content_get_formatter($formatter_name, $field['type'])) {
     $theme = $formatter['module'] .'_formatter_'. $formatter_name;
 
     $element = array(
@@ -2185,18 +2185,20 @@ function content_default_value(&$form, &$form_state, $field, $delta) {
  *   The field on which the operation is to be performed.
  * @param $account
  *   (optional) The account to check, if not given use currently logged in user.
+ * @param $node
+ *   (optional) The node on which the operation is to be performed.
  * @return
  *   TRUE if the operation is allowed;
  *   FALSE if the operation is denied.
  */
-function content_access($op, $field, $account = NULL) {
+function content_access($op, $field, $account = NULL, $node = NULL) {
   global $user;
 
   if (is_null($account)) {
     $account = $user;
   }
 
-  $access = module_invoke_all('field_access', $op, $field, $account);
+  $access = module_invoke_all('field_access', $op, $field, $account, $node);
   foreach ($access as $value) {
     if ($value === FALSE) {
       return FALSE;
diff --git a/includes/content.node_form.inc b/includes/content.node_form.inc
index c60e54d04985c59eb0e5dac58e7b02b885e0b863..ad2799232d85b1eab751feed7ae04ebee182aa22 100644
--- a/includes/content.node_form.inc
+++ b/includes/content.node_form.inc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function content_field_form(&$form, &$form_state, $field, $get_delta = NULL) {
 
     // See if access to this form element is restricted,
     // if so, skip widget processing and just set the value.
-    $access = content_access('edit', $field);
+    $access = content_access('edit', $field, NULL, $node);
     if (!$access) {
       $addition[$field_name] = array(
         '#access' => $access,
diff --git a/includes/panels/content_types/content_field.inc b/includes/panels/content_types/content_field.inc
index 8ec90a8d8d69df77b9e8a6d85ec9a671665cf73e..a3a264410287b3ae24638d4e2ba0ec6a2c713eac 100644
--- a/includes/panels/content_types/content_field.inc
+++ b/includes/panels/content_types/content_field.inc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function content_content_field_content_type_render($subtype, $conf, $panel_args,
   $formatter = $conf['formatter'];
 
   // Check view access to the field.
-  if (!content_access('view', $field)) {
+  if (!content_access('view', $field, NULL, $node)) {
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/content_permissions/content_permissions.module b/modules/content_permissions/content_permissions.module
index 355d9981b33c7e6a26302ee6f29075d3bad2561c..7c81d5d53a28e0f60d1fac00537d8fd5783baede 100644
--- a/modules/content_permissions/content_permissions.module
+++ b/modules/content_permissions/content_permissions.module
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function content_permissions_perm() {
  *
  * @see content_access().
  */
-function content_permissions_field_access($op, $field, $account) {
+function content_permissions_field_access($op, $field, $account, $node = NULL) {
   switch ($op) {
     case 'view':
     case 'edit':