diff --git a/edbob/pyramid/forms/formalchemy.py b/edbob/pyramid/forms/formalchemy.py
index 3addfdc..220cc61 100644
--- a/edbob/pyramid/forms/formalchemy.py
+++ b/edbob/pyramid/forms/formalchemy.py
@@ -29,13 +29,16 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import datetime
+import new
 
 from pyramid.renderers import render
 from webhelpers import paginate
+from webhelpers.html import tags
 from webhelpers.html.builder import format_attrs
 from webhelpers.html.tags import literal
 
 import formalchemy
+from formalchemy import fields
 from formalchemy.validators import accepts_none
 
 import edbob
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ from edbob.pyramid import Session
 
 __all__ = ['AlchemyGrid', 'ChildGridField', 'PropertyField',
            'EnumFieldRenderer', 'PrettyDateTimeFieldRenderer',
+           'AutocompleteFieldRenderer',
            'make_fieldset', 'required', 'pretty_datetime']
 
 
@@ -365,3 +369,59 @@ class PrettyDateTimeFieldRenderer(formalchemy.fields.DateTimeFieldRenderer):
 
     def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
         return pretty_datetime(self.raw_value)
+
+
+def AutocompleteFieldRenderer(service_url, display, width='300px', callback=None, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Returns a field renderer class which leverages jQuery autocomplete to
+    provide a more user-friendly experience.  This is typically used in place
+    of a ``SelectFieldRenderer`` when the data set is deemed too large for that
+    renderer.
+
+    ``service_url`` is required and will ultimately be passed to the
+    ``jQuery.autocomplete()`` function via the ``serviceUrl`` data parameter.
+
+    ``display`` must be either a callable which accepts an object key as its
+    only positional argument, or else a tuple of the form ``(Class, 'attr')``.
+
+    ``width`` is optional but is also passed to the jQuery function.
+
+    If ``callback`` is specified, it should be the name of a JavaScript
+    function within the containing page's scope.  This is used in place of
+    event handlers for autocomplete fields.
+    """
+
+    kwargs['service_url'] = service_url
+    kwargs['width'] = width
+    kwargs['callback'] = callback
+    Renderer = new.classobj('AutocompleteFieldRenderer', (_AutocompleteFieldRenderer,), kwargs)
+    if callable(display):
+        Renderer.display = classmethod(display)
+    else:
+        Renderer.display = display
+    return Renderer
+
+
+class _AutocompleteFieldRenderer(fields.FieldRenderer):
+    """
+    Implementation for :class:`AutocompleteFieldRenderer` class.
+    """
+
+    def _display(self, value):
+        if callable(self.display):
+            return self.display(value)
+        if not value:
+            return ''
+        obj = Session.query(self.display[0]).get(value)
+        if not obj:
+            return ''
+        return getattr(obj, self.display[1])
+
+    def render(self, **kwargs):
+        autocompleter_name = 'autocompleter_%s' % self.name.replace('-', '_')
+        return formalchemy.config.engine('field_autocomplete', fieldname=self.name,
+                                         fieldvalue=self.value, display=self._display(self.value),
+                                         autocompleter_name=autocompleter_name,
+                                         service_url=self.service_url, width=self.width,
+                                         callback=self.callback, hidden=tags.hidden, text=tags.text,
+                                         **kwargs)
diff --git a/edbob/pyramid/templates/forms/field_autocomplete.mako b/edbob/pyramid/templates/forms/field_autocomplete.mako
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d65673a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edbob/pyramid/templates/forms/field_autocomplete.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<div id="${fieldname}-container" class="autocomplete-container">
+  ${hidden(fieldname, id=fieldname, value=fieldvalue)}
+  ${text(fieldname+'-textbox', id=fieldname+'-textbox', value=display,
+      class_='autocomplete-textbox', style='display: none;' if fieldvalue else '')}
+  <div id="${fieldname}-display" class="autocomplete-display"${'' if fieldvalue else ' style="display: none;"'|n}>
+    <span>${display}</span>
+    <button type="button" id="${fieldname}-change" class="autocomplete-change">Change</button>
+  </div>
+</div>
+<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
+$(function() {
+    var ${autocompleter_name} = $('#${fieldname}-textbox').autocomplete({
+	serviceUrl: '${service_url}',
+	width: '${width}',
+	onSelect: function(value, data) {
+            $('#${fieldname}').val(data);
+            $('#${fieldname}-display span').text(value);
+            $('#${fieldname}-textbox').hide();
+            $('#${fieldname}-display').show();
+	    % if callback:
+	        ${callback}(value, data);
+	    % endif
+	},
+    });
+});
+</script>
diff --git a/edbob/pyramid/views/__init__.py b/edbob/pyramid/views/__init__.py
index 236a454..debf617 100644
--- a/edbob/pyramid/views/__init__.py
+++ b/edbob/pyramid/views/__init__.py
@@ -27,11 +27,66 @@
 """
 
 from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPFound
+from pyramid.renderers import render_to_response
 from pyramid.security import authenticated_userid
 
 from webhelpers.html import literal
 from webhelpers.html.tags import link_to
 
+from edbob.pyramid import Session
+from edbob.pyramid.forms.formalchemy import AutocompleteFieldRenderer
+from edbob.util import requires_impl
+
+
+class Autocomplete(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, request):
+        self.request = request
+
+    @property
+    @requires_impl(is_property=True)
+    def mapped_class(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @property
+    @requires_impl(is_property=True)
+    def fieldname(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @property
+    @requires_impl(is_property=True)
+    def route_name(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        query = self.request.params['query']
+        q = Session.query(self.mapped_class)
+        q = q.filter(getattr(self.mapped_class, self.fieldname).ilike('%%%s%%' % query))
+        objs = q.order_by(getattr(self.mapped_class, self.fieldname)).all()
+        data = dict(
+            query=query,
+            suggestions=[getattr(x, self.fieldname) for x in objs],
+            data=[x.uuid for x in objs],
+            )
+        response = render_to_response('json', data, request=self.request)
+        response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
+        return response
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_route(cls, config, url):
+    # def add_routes(cls, config, route_prefix, url_prefix, template_prefix=None, permission_prefix=None):
+        """
+        Add 'autocomplete' route to the config object.
+        """
+
+        config.add_route(cls.route_name, url)
+        config.add_view(cls, route_name=cls.route_name, http_cache=0)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def renderer(cls, request):
+        return AutocompleteFieldRenderer(request.route_url(cls.route_name),
+                                         (cls.mapped_class, cls.fieldname))
+        
 
 def forbidden(request):
     """