diff --git a/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.js b/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.js
index 0407ff8f5e..e099f699f0 100644
--- a/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.js
+++ b/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 // --------
 
 cur_frm.cscript.refresh = function(doc, cdt, cdn) {
-	cur_frm.toggle_enable('dt', doc.__islocal)
+	cur_frm.toggle_enable('dt', doc.__islocal);
 	cur_frm.cscript.dt(doc, cdt, cdn);
+	cur_frm.toggle_reqd('label', !doc.fieldname);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.py b/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.py
index 3c6753462d..a9174381aa 100644
--- a/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.py
+++ b/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import webnotes
-
 from webnotes.utils import cint, cstr
+from webnotes import _
 
 class DocType:
 	def __init__(self, d, dl):
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ class DocType:
 
 	def set_fieldname(self):
 		if not self.doc.fieldname:
+			if not self.doc.label:
+				webnotes.throw(_("Label is mandatory"))
 			# remove special characters from fieldname
-			self.doc.fieldname = filter(lambda x: x.isdigit() or x.isalpha() or '_', cstr(self.doc.label).lower().replace(' ','_'))
+			self.doc.fieldname = filter(lambda x: x.isdigit() or x.isalpha() or '_', 
+				cstr(self.doc.label).lower().replace(' ','_'))
 
 	def validate(self):
 		from webnotes.model.doctype import get
diff --git a/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.txt b/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.txt
index 880ddf0b9a..a57d15039e 100644
--- a/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.txt
+++ b/core/doctype/custom_field/custom_field.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  {
   "creation": "2013-01-10 16:34:01", 
   "docstatus": 0, 
-  "modified": "2014-01-10 15:04:04", 
+  "modified": "2014-01-13 17:59:15", 
   "modified_by": "Administrator", 
   "owner": "Administrator"
  }, 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   "no_copy": 1, 
   "oldfieldname": "label", 
   "oldfieldtype": "Data", 
-  "reqd": 1, 
+  "reqd": 0, 
   "search_index": 0
  }, 
  {
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@
   "oldfieldtype": "Check", 
   "search_index": 0
  }, 
+ {
+  "doctype": "DocField", 
+  "fieldname": "print_width", 
+  "fieldtype": "Data", 
+  "hidden": 1, 
+  "label": "Print Width", 
+  "no_copy": 1, 
+  "print_hide": 1
+ }, 
  {
   "doctype": "DocField", 
   "fieldname": "report_hide", 
@@ -277,6 +286,24 @@
   "oldfieldtype": "Int", 
   "search_index": 0
  }, 
+ {
+  "doctype": "DocField", 
+  "fieldname": "depends_on", 
+  "fieldtype": "Data", 
+  "hidden": 0, 
+  "label": "Depends On", 
+  "no_copy": 1, 
+  "print_hide": 1
+ }, 
+ {
+  "doctype": "DocField", 
+  "fieldname": "search_index", 
+  "fieldtype": "Check", 
+  "hidden": 1, 
+  "label": "Index", 
+  "no_copy": 1, 
+  "print_hide": 1
+ }, 
  {
   "doctype": "DocPerm", 
   "role": "Administrator"