diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/mysql/operations.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/mysql/operations.py
index 81aa1e2fb6..989b5a1292 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/mysql/operations.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/mysql/operations.py
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ class MySQLOperations(DatabaseOperations, BaseSpatialOperations):
         return placeholder
 
     def spatial_lookup_sql(self, lvalue, lookup_type, value, field, qn):
-        alias, col, db_type = lvalue
-
-        geo_col = '%s.%s' % (qn(alias), qn(col))
+        geo_col, db_type = lvalue
 
         lookup_info = self.geometry_functions.get(lookup_type, False)
         if lookup_info:
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py
index 8212938f01..b3aa191ccc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py
@@ -231,10 +231,7 @@ class OracleOperations(DatabaseOperations, BaseSpatialOperations):
 
     def spatial_lookup_sql(self, lvalue, lookup_type, value, field, qn):
         "Returns the SQL WHERE clause for use in Oracle spatial SQL construction."
-        alias, col, db_type = lvalue
-
-        # Getting the quoted table name as `geo_col`.
-        geo_col = '%s.%s' % (qn(alias), qn(col))
+        geo_col, db_type = lvalue
 
         # See if a Oracle Geometry function matches the lookup type next
         lookup_info = self.geometry_functions.get(lookup_type, False)
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/operations.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/operations.py
index 86608afa35..fabf2b7871 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/operations.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/operations.py
@@ -478,10 +478,7 @@ class PostGISOperations(DatabaseOperations, BaseSpatialOperations):
         (alias, col, db_type), the lookup type string, lookup value, and
         the geometry field.
         """
-        alias, col, db_type = lvalue
-
-        # Getting the quoted geometry column.
-        geo_col = '%s.%s' % (qn(alias), qn(col))
+        geo_col, db_type = lvalue
 
         if lookup_type in self.geometry_operators:
             if field.geography and not lookup_type in self.geography_operators:
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py
index 5149b541a2..ad44b470b3 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py
@@ -324,10 +324,7 @@ class SpatiaLiteOperations(DatabaseOperations, BaseSpatialOperations):
         [a tuple of (alias, column, db_type)], lookup type, lookup
         value, the model field, and the quoting function.
         """
-        alias, col, db_type = lvalue
-
-        # Getting the quoted field as `geo_col`.
-        geo_col = '%s.%s' % (qn(alias), qn(col))
+        geo_col, db_type = lvalue
 
         if lookup_type in self.geometry_functions:
             # See if a SpatiaLite geometry function matches the lookup type.
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/models/constants.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52794231b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from django.db.models.sql.constants import QUERY_TERMS
+
+ALL_TERMS = set([
+    'bbcontains', 'bboverlaps', 'contained', 'contains',
+    'contains_properly', 'coveredby', 'covers', 'crosses', 'disjoint',
+    'distance_gt', 'distance_gte', 'distance_lt', 'distance_lte',
+    'dwithin', 'equals', 'exact',
+    'intersects', 'overlaps', 'relate', 'same_as', 'touches', 'within',
+    'left', 'right', 'overlaps_left', 'overlaps_right',
+    'overlaps_above', 'overlaps_below',
+    'strictly_above', 'strictly_below'
+])
+GIS_LOOKUPS = ALL_TERMS.copy()
+ALL_TERMS.update(QUERY_TERMS)
+
+__all__ = ['ALL_TERMS', 'GIS_LOOKUPS']
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/models/fields.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/fields.py
index b5cdc72c29..ee82d4f263 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/models/fields.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/fields.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from django.db.models.fields import Field
 from django.db.models.sql.expressions import SQLEvaluator
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.gis import forms
+from django.contrib.gis.db.models.constants import GIS_LOOKUPS
+from django.contrib.gis.db.models.lookups import GISLookup
 from django.contrib.gis.db.models.proxy import GeometryProxy
 from django.contrib.gis.geometry.backend import Geometry, GeometryException
 from django.utils import six
@@ -284,6 +286,10 @@ class GeometryField(Field):
         """
         return connection.ops.get_geom_placeholder(self, value)
 
+for lookup_name in GIS_LOOKUPS:
+    lookup = type(lookup_name, (GISLookup,), {'lookup_name': lookup_name})
+    GeometryField.register_lookup(lookup)
+
 
 # The OpenGIS Geometry Type Fields
 class PointField(GeometryField):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/models/lookups.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/lookups.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cad6c69000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/lookups.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from django.db.models.lookups import Lookup
+from django.db.models.sql.expressions import SQLEvaluator
+
+
+class GISLookup(Lookup):
+    def as_sql(self, qn, connection):
+        from django.contrib.gis.db.models.sql import GeoWhereNode
+        # We use the same approach as was used by GeoWhereNode. It would
+        # be a good idea to upgrade GIS to use similar code that is used
+        # for other lookups.
+        if isinstance(self.rhs, SQLEvaluator):
+            # Make sure the F Expression destination field exists, and
+            # set an `srid` attribute with the same as that of the
+            # destination.
+            geo_fld = GeoWhereNode._check_geo_field(self.rhs.opts, self.rhs.expression.name)
+            if not geo_fld:
+                raise ValueError('No geographic field found in expression.')
+            self.rhs.srid = geo_fld.srid
+        db_type = self.lhs.output_type.db_type(connection=connection)
+        params = self.lhs.output_type.get_db_prep_lookup(
+            self.lookup_name, self.rhs, connection=connection)
+        lhs_sql, lhs_params = self.process_lhs(qn, connection)
+        # lhs_params not currently supported.
+        assert not lhs_params
+        data = (lhs_sql, db_type)
+        spatial_sql, spatial_params = connection.ops.spatial_lookup_sql(
+            data, self.lookup_name, self.rhs, self.lhs.output_type, qn)
+        return spatial_sql, spatial_params + params
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/models/sql/query.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/sql/query.py
index 3923bf460e..f3fa1f6322 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/models/sql/query.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/models/sql/query.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.db import connections
 from django.db.models.query import sql
 
+from django.contrib.gis.db.models.constants import ALL_TERMS
 from django.contrib.gis.db.models.fields import GeometryField
 from django.contrib.gis.db.models.sql import aggregates as gis_aggregates
 from django.contrib.gis.db.models.sql.conversion import AreaField, DistanceField, GeomField
@@ -9,19 +10,6 @@ from django.contrib.gis.geometry.backend import Geometry
 from django.contrib.gis.measure import Area, Distance
 
 
-ALL_TERMS = set([
-    'bbcontains', 'bboverlaps', 'contained', 'contains',
-    'contains_properly', 'coveredby', 'covers', 'crosses', 'disjoint',
-    'distance_gt', 'distance_gte', 'distance_lt', 'distance_lte',
-    'dwithin', 'equals', 'exact',
-    'intersects', 'overlaps', 'relate', 'same_as', 'touches', 'within',
-    'left', 'right', 'overlaps_left', 'overlaps_right',
-    'overlaps_above', 'overlaps_below',
-    'strictly_above', 'strictly_below'
-])
-ALL_TERMS.update(sql.constants.QUERY_TERMS)
-
-
 class GeoQuery(sql.Query):
     """
     A single spatial SQL query.