diff --git a/modules/backend/classes/ListColumn.php b/modules/backend/classes/ListColumn.php
index 0389ab891..f73b0f820 100644
--- a/modules/backend/classes/ListColumn.php
+++ b/modules/backend/classes/ListColumn.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Backend\Classes;
 
+use October\Rain\Database\Model;
 use October\Rain\Html\Helper as HtmlHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -192,4 +193,53 @@ class ListColumn
 
         return HtmlHelper::nameToId($id);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns this columns value from a supplied data set, which can be
+     * an array or a model or another generic collection.
+     * @param mixed $data
+     * @param mixed $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getValueFromData($data, $default = null)
+    {
+        $columnName = $this->valueFrom ?: $this->columnName;
+        return $this->getColumnNameFromData($columnName, $data, $default);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Internal method to extract the value of a column name from a data set.
+     * @param string $columnName
+     * @param mixed $data
+     * @param mixed $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    protected function getColumnNameFromData($columnName, $data, $default = null)
+    {
+        /*
+         * Array column name, eg: column[key][key2][key3]
+         */
+        $keyParts = HtmlHelper::nameToArray($columnName);
+        $result = $data;
+
+        /*
+         * Loop the column key parts and build a value.
+         * To support relations only the last column should return the
+         * relation value, all others will look up the relation object as normal.
+         */
+        foreach ($keyParts as $key) {
+            if ($result instanceof Model && $result->hasRelation($key)) {
+                $result = $result->{$key};
+            }
+            else {
+                if (!isset($result->{$key})) {
+                    return $default;
+                }
+
+                $result = $result->{$key};
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php b/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php
index 9fc3fc9d2..c61dba1a9 100644
--- a/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php
+++ b/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php
@@ -713,12 +713,25 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
             $label = studly_case($name);
         }
 
+        /*
+         * Auto configure pivot relation
+         */
         if (starts_with($name, 'pivot[') && strpos($name, ']') !== false) {
             $_name = HtmlHelper::nameToArray($name);
-            $config['relation'] = array_shift($_name);
-            $config['valueFrom'] = array_shift($_name);
+            $relationName = array_shift($_name);
+            $valueFrom = array_shift($_name);
+
+            if (count($_name) > 0) {
+                $valueFrom  .= '['.implode('][', $_name).']';
+            }
+
+            $config['relation'] = $relationName;
+            $config['valueFrom'] = $valueFrom;
             $config['searchable'] = false;
         }
+        /*
+         * Auto configure standard relation
+         */
         elseif (strpos($name, '[') !== false && strpos($name, ']') !== false) {
             $config['valueFrom'] = $name;
             $config['sortable'] = false;
@@ -792,7 +805,9 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
                 $value = $record->{$columnName}->lists($column->valueFrom);
             }
             elseif ($this->isColumnRelated($column) || $this->isColumnPivot($column)) {
-                $value = $record->{$columnName} ? $record->{$columnName}->{$column->valueFrom} : null;
+                $value = $record->{$columnName}
+                    ? $column->getValueFromData($record->{$columnName})
+                    : null;
             }
             else {
                 $value = null;
@@ -802,11 +817,7 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
          * Handle taking value from model attribute.
          */
         elseif ($column->valueFrom) {
-            $keyParts = HtmlHelper::nameToArray($column->valueFrom);
-            $value = $record;
-            foreach ($keyParts as $key) {
-                $value = $value->{$key};
-            }
+            $value = $column->getValueFromData($record);
         }
         /*
          * Otherwise, if the column is a relation, it will be a custom select,
diff --git a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/select.js b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/select.js
index d8e648253..ea94b88bd 100644
--- a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/select.js
+++ b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/select.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
             var placeholder = $element.data('placeholder')
             if (placeholder) {
-                extraOptions.placeholder =  placeholder;
+                extraOptions.placeholder = placeholder
             }
 
             $element.select2($.extend({}, selectOptions, extraOptions))