diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index faa7424cc1..d215512210 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - **Checkbox** - Added 4 new callbacks `beforeChecked`, `beforeUnchecked`, `beforeDeterminate`, `beforeIndeterminate`. You can now cancel a state change by returning false from these callbacks.
 - **Divider** - Vertical divider can now be used multiple times in a single column row (not just 50/50 split). #2808
 - **Dropdown** - Dropdown will now automatically update selected values when hidden input value changes (so long as `change` event is triggered) #2626
+- **Dropdown**  - Dropdown using remote data, can now customize the property names returned by api call using `fields` (similar to search).
 - **Form Validation** - Added credit card validation, supports array of card types, and international cards including non luhn cards like China UnionPay #2729
 - **Form Validation** - Updated appearance of form validation prompts to use a more lightweight style. Added variables for controlling error validation prompt styles in `form.variables`
 - **Grid** - Added new responsive [`reversed`](http://www.semantic-ui.com/collections/grid.html#responsive-order) variations for reversing column order, these are also compatible with other grid types like `divided` and `celled` by device #2685
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js b/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
index b67971cf4f..5243460633 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
 
         className       = settings.className,
         message         = settings.message,
+        fields          = settings.fields,
         metadata        = settings.metadata,
         namespace       = settings.namespace,
         regExp          = settings.regExp,
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
             module.refresh();
           },
           menu: function(values) {
-            $menu.html( templates.menu( values ));
+            $menu.html( templates.menu(values, fields));
             $item = $menu.find(selector.item);
           },
           reference: function() {
@@ -2544,7 +2545,6 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
                 ;
                 if(module.is.multiple()) {
                   if(settings.useLabels) {
-                    console.log(selectedValue);
                     module.remove.value(selectedValue, selectedText, $selected);
                     module.remove.label(selectedValue);
                   }
@@ -3293,6 +3293,13 @@ $.fn.dropdown.settings = {
     value           : 'value'
   },
 
+  // property names for remote query
+  fields: {
+    values : 'values',
+    name   : 'name',
+    value  : 'value'
+  },
+
   selector : {
     addition     : '.addition',
     dropdown     : '.ui.dropdown',
@@ -3363,13 +3370,13 @@ $.fn.dropdown.settings.templates = {
   },
 
   // generates just menu from select
-  menu: function(response) {
+  menu: function(response, fields) {
     var
       values = response.values || {},
       html   = ''
     ;
-    $.each(response.values, function(index, option) {
-      html += '<div class="item" data-value="' + option.value + '">' + option.name + '</div>';
+    $.each(response[fields.values], function(index, option) {
+      html += '<div class="item" data-value="' + option[fields.value] + '">' + option[fields.name] + '</div>';
     });
     return html;
   },