diff --git a/src/View/Form/EntityContext.php b/src/View/Form/EntityContext.php
index de9bb824327..0c999704535 100644
--- a/src/View/Form/EntityContext.php
+++ b/src/View/Form/EntityContext.php
@@ -267,7 +267,22 @@ public function type($field) {
 		return $table->schema()->columnType($column);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get an associative array of other attributes for a field name.
+ *
+ * @param string $field A dot separated path to get additional data on.
+ * @return array An array of data describing the additional attributes on a field.
+ */
 	public function attributes($field) {
+		$parts = explode('.', $field);
+		list($entity, $prop) = $this->_getEntity($parts);
+		if (!$entity) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		$table = $this->_getTable($prop);
+		$column = $table->schema()->column(array_pop($parts));
+		$whitelist = ['length' => null, 'precision' => null];
+		return array_intersect_key($column, $whitelist);
 	}
 
 	public function hasError($field) {
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Form/EntityContextTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Form/EntityContextTest.php
index a2c65d6c2d1..49375a175e1 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Form/EntityContextTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Form/EntityContextTest.php
@@ -297,6 +297,21 @@ public function testAttributes() {
 			'entity' => $row,
 			'table' => 'Articles',
 		]);
+
+		$expected = [
+			'length' => 255, 'precision' => null
+		];
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $context->attributes('title'));
+
+		$expected = [
+			'length' => null, 'precision' => null
+		];
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $context->attributes('body'));
+
+		$expected = [
+			'length' => 10, 'precision' => 3
+		];
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $context->attributes('user.rating'));
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -321,7 +336,8 @@ protected function _setupTables() {
 		$users->schema([
 			'id' => ['type' => 'integer', 'length' => 11],
 			'username' => ['type' => 'string', 'length' => 255],
-			'bio' => ['type' => 'text']
+			'bio' => ['type' => 'text'],
+			'rating' => ['type' => 'decimal', 'length' => 10, 'precision' => 3],
 		]);
 
 		$validator = new Validator();