diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index 330b375c..6860a4bf 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ from gluon import *
 from gluon.contrib.autolinks import expand_one
 from gluon.contrib.markmin.markmin2html import \
     replace_at_urls, replace_autolinks, replace_components
-from pydal.objects import Table, Row, Set, Query
+from pydal.objects import Row, Set, Query
 
 import gluon.serializers as serializers
 
+Table = DAL.Table
+Field = DAL.Field
+
 try:
     # try stdlib (Python 2.6)
     import json as json_parser