diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index ba4f8894e8..ddf3003d55 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ class Field(object):
         # TODO: This is just a temporary default during development.
         return forms.CharField(required=not self.blank, label=capfirst(self.verbose_name), initial=initial)
 
+    def value_from_object(self, obj):
+        "Returns the value of this field in the given model instance."
+        return getattr(obj, self.attname)
+
 class AutoField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/related.py b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
index 8cc26c9ee4..433b5bde13 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/related.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
@@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ class ManyToManyField(RelatedField, Field):
     def set_attributes_from_rel(self):
         pass
 
+    def value_from_object(self, obj):
+        "Returns the value of this field in the given model instance."
+        return getattr(obj, self.attname).all()
+
     def formfield(self, initial=None):
         return forms.MultipleChoiceField(choices=self.get_choices_default(), required=not self.blank, label=capfirst(self.verbose_name), initial=initial)