diff --git a/lib/storage-handler.js b/lib/storage-handler.js
index f14a8f7..cc7a444 100644
--- a/lib/storage-handler.js
+++ b/lib/storage-handler.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ exports.upload = function(provider, req, res, options, cb) {
       container: container,
       name: part.filename,
       type: part.mime,
+      field: part.name,
     };
 
     // Options for this file
diff --git a/lib/storage-service.js b/lib/storage-service.js
index c19be5b..021e16a 100644
--- a/lib/storage-service.js
+++ b/lib/storage-service.js
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ StorageService.prototype.upload = function(req, res, options, cb) {
   }
   if (this.nameConflict && !options.nameConflict) {
     options.nameConflict = this.nameConflict;
+  }
   if (this.maxFieldsSize && !options.maxFieldsSize) {
     options.maxFieldsSize = this.maxFieldsSize;
   }
diff --git a/test/images/album1/.gitignore b/test/images/album1/.gitignore
index 9df892a..9084277 100644
--- a/test/images/album1/.gitignore
+++ b/test/images/album1/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 test.jpg
 image-*.jpg
+customimagefield_test.jpg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/upload-download.test.js b/test/upload-download.test.js
index b11c35d..4c2c4db 100644
--- a/test/upload-download.test.js
+++ b/test/upload-download.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ var path = require('path');
 
 // configure errorHandler to show full error message
 app.set('remoting', {errorHandler: {debug: true, log: false}});
+//custom route with renamer
+app.post('/custom/upload', function(req, res, next) {
+  var options = {
+    container: 'album1',
+    getFilename: function(file, req, res) {
+      return file.field + '_' + file.name;
+    },
+  };
+  ds.connector.upload(req, res, options, function(err, result) {
+    if (!err) {
+      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+      res.status(200).send({result: result});
+    } else {
+      res.status(500).send(err);
+    }
+  });
+});
 
 // expose a rest api
 app.use(loopback.rest());
@@ -166,8 +183,7 @@ describe('storage service', function() {
       .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
       .expect(200, function(err, res) {
         assert.deepEqual(res.body, {'result': {'files': {'image': [
-          {'container': 'album1', 'name': 'test.jpg', 'type': 'image/jpeg',
-           'size': 60475},
+          {'container': 'album1', 'name': 'test.jpg', 'type': 'image/jpeg', 'field': 'image', 'size': 60475},
         ]}, 'fields': {}}});
         done();
       });
@@ -217,7 +233,7 @@ describe('storage service', function() {
       .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
       .expect(200, function(err, res) {
         assert.deepEqual(res.body, {'result': {'files': {'image': [
-          {'container': 'album1', 'name': 'image-test.jpg', 'originalFilename': 'test.jpg', 'type': 'image/jpeg', 'acl': 'public-read', 'size': 60475},
+          {'container': 'album1', 'name': 'image-test.jpg', 'originalFilename': 'test.jpg', 'type': 'image/jpeg', 'field': 'image', 'acl': 'public-read', 'size': 60475},
         ]}, 'fields': {}}});
         done();
       });
@@ -387,4 +403,21 @@ describe('storage service', function() {
         done();
       });
   });
+
+  it('should upload a file with custom route accessing directly to the ' +
+    'storage connector with renamer', function(done) {
+    request('http://localhost:' + app.get('port'))
+      .post('/custom/upload')
+      .attach('customimagefield', path.join(__dirname, './fixtures/test.jpg'))
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200, function(err, res) {
+        assert.deepEqual(res.body, {'result': {'files': {'customimagefield': [
+          {'container': 'album1', 'name': 'customimagefield_test.jpg',
+            'originalFilename': 'test.jpg', 'type': 'image/jpeg',
+            'field': 'customimagefield', 'size': 60475},
+        ]}, 'fields': {}}});
+        done();
+      });
+  });
 });