diff --git a/core/control/Controller.php b/core/control/Controller.php
index 42a220608..db459dbb2 100644
--- a/core/control/Controller.php
+++ b/core/control/Controller.php
@@ -147,20 +147,10 @@ class Controller extends ViewableData {
 				Form::set_current_action($funcName);
 			}
 			
-			// Get the appropraite ocntroller: sometimes we want to get a form from another controller
-			if(isset($this->requestParams['formController'])) {
-				$formController = Director::getControllerForURL($this->requestParams['formController']);
-
-				while(is_a($formController, 'NestedController')) {
-					$formController = $formController->getNestedController();
-				}
-
-			} else {
-				$formController = $this;
-			}
-
+			$formOwner = $this->getFormOwner();
+			
 			// Create the form object
-			$form = $formController;
+			$form = $formOwner;
 
 			$formObjParts = explode('.', $this->requestParams['executeForm']);
 			foreach($formObjParts as $formMethod){
@@ -204,7 +194,7 @@ class Controller extends ViewableData {
 				}
 				
 			}else{
-				 user_error("No form (" . Session::get('CMSMain.currentPage') . ") returned by $formController->class->$_REQUEST[executeForm]", E_USER_WARNING);	
+				 user_error("No form (" . Session::get('CMSMain.currentPage') . ") returned by $formOwner->class->$_REQUEST[executeForm]", E_USER_WARNING);	
 			}
 			if(isset($_GET['debug_profile'])) Profiler::unmark("Controller", "populate form");		
 			
@@ -236,6 +226,9 @@ class Controller extends ViewableData {
 				if(isset($_GET['debug_profile'])) Profiler::mark("$this->class::$funcName (controller action)");
 				$result = $this->$funcName($this->requestParams, $form);
 				if(isset($_GET['debug_profile'])) Profiler::unmark("$this->class::$funcName (controller action)");
+				
+			} else if(isset($formOwner) && $formOwner->hasMethod($funcName)) {
+				$result = $formOwner->$funcName($this->requestParams, $form);
 
 			// Otherwise, try a handler method on the form object
 			} else {
@@ -290,6 +283,25 @@ class Controller extends ViewableData {
 		$this->popCurrent();
 		return $this->response;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return the object that is going to own a form that's being processed, and handle its execution.
+	 * Note that the result needn't be an actual controller object.
+	 */
+	function getFormOwner() {
+		// Get the appropraite ocntroller: sometimes we want to get a form from another controller
+		if(isset($this->requestParams['formController'])) {
+			$formController = Director::getControllerForURL($this->requestParams['formController']);
+
+			while(is_a($formController, 'NestedController')) {
+				$formController = $formController->getNestedController();
+			}
+			return $formController;
+
+		} else {
+			return $this;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * This is the default action handler used if a method doesn't exist.
diff --git a/widgets/Widget.php b/widgets/Widget.php
index 80568d9c1..bc52b751e 100644
--- a/widgets/Widget.php
+++ b/widgets/Widget.php
@@ -94,7 +94,14 @@ class Widget extends DataObject {
 		$this->Name = $this->class.$this->ID;
 		$this->write();
 	}
-
+	
+	function FormObjectLink($formName) {
+		if(is_numeric($this->ID)) {
+			return "WidgetFormProxy/index/$this->ID?executeForm=$formName";
+		} else {
+			user_error("Attempted to create a form on a widget that hasn't been saved to the database.", E_USER_WARNING);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
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diff --git a/widgets/WidgetFormProxy.php b/widgets/WidgetFormProxy.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69a3a7ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/widgets/WidgetFormProxy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+class WidgetFormProxy extends Controller {
+	function getFormOwner() {
+		$widget = DataObject::get_by_id("Widget", $this->urlParams['ID']);
+		
+		// Put this in once widget->canView is implemented
+		//if($widget->canView())
+		return $widget;
+		
+	}
+}
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