diff --git a/modules/backend/behaviors/FormController.php b/modules/backend/behaviors/FormController.php
index 014a5d6bf..a266fcb86 100644
--- a/modules/backend/behaviors/FormController.php
+++ b/modules/backend/behaviors/FormController.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Event;
 use Redirect;
 use Backend;
 use Backend\Classes\ControllerBehavior;
+use October\Rain\Html\Helper as HtmlHelper;
 use October\Rain\Router\Helper as RouterHelper;
 use ApplicationException;
 use Exception;
diff --git a/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php b/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
index 807c54185..28255f22d 100644
--- a/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
+++ b/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
@@ -783,9 +783,11 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
         list($fieldName, $fieldContext) = $this->getFieldName($name);
 
         $field = new FormField($fieldName, $label);
+
         if ($fieldContext) {
             $field->context = $fieldContext;
         }
+
         $field->arrayName = $this->arrayName;
         $field->idPrefix = $this->getId();
 
@@ -793,25 +795,22 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
          * Simple field type
          */
         if (is_string($config)) {
-
             if ($this->isFormWidget($config) !== false) {
                 $field->displayAs('widget', ['widget' => $config]);
             }
             else {
                 $field->displayAs($config);
             }
-
         }
         /*
          * Defined field type
          */
         else {
-
             $fieldType = $config['type'] ?? null;
             if (!is_string($fieldType) && $fieldType !== null) {
                 throw new ApplicationException(Lang::get(
                     'backend::lang.field.invalid_type',
-                    ['type'=>gettype($fieldType)]
+                    ['type' => gettype($fieldType)]
                 ));
             }
 
@@ -824,7 +823,6 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
             }
 
             $field->displayAs($fieldType, $config);
-
         }
 
         /*
@@ -832,12 +830,37 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
          */
         $field->value = $this->getFieldValue($field);
 
+        /*
+         * Apply the field name to the validation engine
+         */
+        $attrName = implode('.', HtmlHelper::nameToArray($field->fieldName));
+
+        if ($this->model && method_exists($this->model, 'setValidationAttributeName')) {
+            $this->model->setValidationAttributeName($attrName, $field->label);
+        }
+
         /*
          * Check model if field is required
          */
         if ($field->required === null && $this->model && method_exists($this->model, 'isAttributeRequired')) {
-            $fieldName = implode('.', HtmlHelper::nameToArray($field->fieldName));
-            $field->required = $this->model->isAttributeRequired($fieldName);
+            // Check nested fields
+            if ($this->isNested) {
+                // Get the current attribute level
+                $nameArray = HtmlHelper::nameToArray($this->arrayName);
+                unset($nameArray[0]);
+
+                // Convert any numeric indexes to wildcards
+                foreach ($nameArray as $i => $value) {
+                    if (preg_match('/^[0-9]*$/', $value)) {
+                        $nameArray[$i] = '*';
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Recombine names for full attribute name in rules array
+                $attrName = implode('.', $nameArray) . ".{$attrName}";
+            }
+
+            $field->required = $this->model->isAttributeRequired($attrName);
         }
 
         /*