diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 664061d824fd002a760960b7252c3981350227f1..af4cf6d07199a820fbc09a54fd6aca2864394d82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ settings" will lose the currently selected view if it doesn't have a
   Reference views if it is not present in the view definition.
 #1155946 by yched: allow HTML in "checkboxes / radios" widgets (for lists of
   referenceable targets generated by views).
+#1139238 by wondex, s_leu: Add relevant meta data in the 'potential_references'
+  db query to allow smart alteration.
 
 References 7.x-2.0-beta3
 ========================
diff --git a/node_reference/node_reference.module b/node_reference/node_reference.module
index fdd984f8c6ec8af3f2d60f4a4c5d5d21069b893f..95560ed0cdb9fbde13f99d4c609af14a424f8e7d 100644
--- a/node_reference/node_reference.module
+++ b/node_reference/node_reference.module
@@ -845,8 +845,10 @@ function _node_reference_potential_references_standard($field, $options) {
   $node_nid_alias   = $query->addField('n', 'nid');
   $node_title_alias = $query->addField('n', 'title', 'node_title');
   $node_type_alias  = $query->addField('n', 'type',  'node_type');
-  $query->addTag('node_access');
-  $query->addMetaData('id', ' _node_reference_potential_references_standard');
+  $query->addTag('node_access')
+    ->addMetaData('id', ' _node_reference_potential_references_standard')
+    ->addMetaData('field', $field)
+    ->addMetaData('options', $options);
 
   if (is_array($field['settings']['referenceable_types'])) {
     $query->condition('n.type', $field['settings']['referenceable_types'], 'IN');
diff --git a/user_reference/user_reference.module b/user_reference/user_reference.module
index 53ae46c8b1ae7a0355f182492ca47530cb1c1a43..c8b26b5f7eef7ca6e28c10f4684944085d920e5d 100644
--- a/user_reference/user_reference.module
+++ b/user_reference/user_reference.module
@@ -867,10 +867,12 @@ function _user_reference_potential_references_standard($field, $options) {
   }
 
   $query = db_select('users', 'u')
-    ->addMetaData('id', ' _user_reference_potential_references_standard')
     // Select the whole record, so that format_username() has enough
     // information.
-    ->fields('u');
+    ->fields('u')
+    ->addMetaData('id', ' _user_reference_potential_references_standard')
+    ->addMetaData('field', $field)
+    ->addMetaData('options', $options);
 
   // Enable this filter only if any statuses checked (and not both).
   if (count($filter_status) == 1) {