diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index a2eb088b..57a04616 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class DAL(pyDAL):
         'rows_render': sqlhtml.represent,
         'rows_xml': sqlhtml.SQLTABLE
     }
+    Field = Field
+    Table = Table
 
 #: add web2py contrib drivers to pyDAL
 from pydal.drivers import DRIVERS
diff --git a/gluon/packages/dal b/gluon/packages/dal
index e24da842..8bef2e07 160000
--- a/gluon/packages/dal
+++ b/gluon/packages/dal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e24da8422f83192c6d0add60477822ab3f932238
+Subproject commit 8bef2e0739e10c9d6708e4d4bef9be9557766b12