diff --git a/database/data/permissions.php b/database/data/permissions.php
index ac11dc7d0c..5e8e69e619 100644
--- a/database/data/permissions.php
+++ b/database/data/permissions.php
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ return [
     | Permissions
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
-    | The initial system permissions needed by Filament. These are create using
-    | the `php artisan filament:install` command.
+    | The initial system permissions needed by Filament. These are added when
+    | running the initial seed `php artisan db:seed --class=FilamentSeeder`
     |
     */
 
diff --git a/resources/stubs/fieldset.stub b/resources/stubs/fieldset.stub
index 5f3cd765da..4d2318d7a5 100644
--- a/resources/stubs/fieldset.stub
+++ b/resources/stubs/fieldset.stub
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class DummyFieldset
     /**
      * Return the fields for the given form.
      * 
+     * Note: these are core database columns defined by the model schema.
+     * If you add a field, first create a migration and then add the referring field here.
+     * If you want to attach arbitrary data then add the field to the `metaFields()` method defined below.
+     * 
      * @var object $model
      * @return array
      */
@@ -32,6 +36,25 @@ class DummyFieldset
         ];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the meta data fields for the given form. 
+     * 
+     * This will allow for easily attaching arbitrary custom fields 
+     * without needing to adjust the database schema.
+     * 
+     * @var object $model
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function metaFields($model)
+    {
+        return [
+            Field::make('meta-field')
+                ->input()
+                ->label('A Custom Meta Field')
+                ->rules(['string', 'max:255']),
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the realtime rules to ignore for the given form.
      *
diff --git a/src/Traits/HasForm.php b/src/Traits/HasForm.php
index 589c2a8743..8b2b0f1a4f 100644
--- a/src/Traits/HasForm.php
+++ b/src/Traits/HasForm.php
@@ -152,7 +152,24 @@ trait HasForm
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return fields as a collection from a given fieldset.
+     * Return realtime rules to ignore from a given fieldset.
+     * 
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rulesIgnoreRealtime()
+    {
+        $rules = [];
+        if ($fieldset = $this->fieldset()) {
+            if (method_exists($fieldset, 'rulesIgnoreRealtime')) {
+                $rules = call_user_func("{$fieldset}::rulesIgnoreRealtime");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $rules;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the fields as a collection from a given fieldset.
      * 
      * @return Illuminate\Support\Collection
      */
@@ -169,7 +186,7 @@ trait HasForm
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a field from a fields collection.
+     * Get a field from the fields collection.
      * 
      * @var string $field_name
      * @return null|object
@@ -182,19 +199,32 @@ trait HasForm
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return realtime rules to ignore from a given fieldset.
+     * Return the meta fields as a collection from a given fieldset.
      * 
-     * @return array
+     * @return Illuminate\Support\Collection
      */
-    public function rulesIgnoreRealtime()
+    public function metaFields()
     {
-        $rules = [];
+        $metaFields = [];
         if ($fieldset = $this->fieldset()) {
-            if (method_exists($fieldset, 'rulesIgnoreRealtime')) {
-                $rules = call_user_func("{$fieldset}::rulesIgnoreRealtime");
+            if (method_exists($fieldset, 'metaFields')) {
+                $metaFields = call_user_func("{$fieldset}::metaFields", $this->model);
             }
         }
 
-        return $rules;
+        return collect($metaFields);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a meta field from the metaFields collection.
+     * 
+     * @var string $field_name
+     * @return null|object
+     */
+    public function getMetaField(string $field_name)
+    {
+        return $this->metaFields()->filter(function ($metaField, $key) use ($field_name) {
+            return $metaField->name === $field_name;
+        })->first();
     }
 }
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