diff --git a/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc b/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc
index 32808a43bebfee7d581903cdb32babb26de90000..1a7a1131ded3ebb1090d15275c642c90e9d507e9 100644
--- a/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc
@@ -778,18 +778,21 @@ function field_ui_formatter_options($field_type = NULL) {
 function field_ui_existing_field_options($obj_type, $bundle) {
   $options = array();
   $field_types = field_info_field_types();
-  foreach (field_info_instances($obj_type) as $bundle_name => $instances) {
-    // No need to look in the current bundle.
-    if ($bundle_name != $bundle) {
-      foreach ($instances as $instance) {
-        $field = field_info_field($instance['field_name']);
-        // Don't show locked fields or fields already in the current bundle.
-        if (empty($field['locked']) && !field_info_instance($obj_type, $field['field_name'], $bundle)) {
-          $text = t('@type: @field (@label)', array(
-            '@type' => $field_types[$field['type']]['label'],
-            '@label' => t($instance['label']), '@field' => $instance['field_name'],
-          ));
-          $options[$instance['field_name']] = (drupal_strlen($text) > 80 ? truncate_utf8($text, 77) . '...' : $text);
+
+  foreach (field_info_instances() as $existing_obj_type => $bundles) {
+    foreach ($bundles as $existing_bundle => $instances) {
+      // No need to look in the current bundle.
+      if (!($existing_bundle == $bundle && $existing_obj_type == $obj_type)) {
+        foreach ($instances as $instance) {
+          $field = field_info_field($instance['field_name']);
+          // Don't show locked fields or fields already in the current bundle.
+          if (empty($field['locked']) && !field_info_instance($obj_type, $field['field_name'], $bundle)) {
+            $text = t('@type: @field (@label)', array(
+              '@type' => $field_types[$field['type']]['label'],
+              '@label' => t($instance['label']), '@field' => $instance['field_name'],
+            ));
+            $options[$instance['field_name']] = (drupal_strlen($text) > 80 ? truncate_utf8($text, 77) . '...' : $text);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/modules/field_ui/field_ui.test b/modules/field_ui/field_ui.test
index 0c2dde897c192f18de575523db4d9c750f9c7a5b..a858ed47a1929700e3772ccdb2ec70da47b110d6 100644
--- a/modules/field_ui/field_ui.test
+++ b/modules/field_ui/field_ui.test
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class FieldUITestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
   function setUp() {
     parent::setUp('field_test');
-    $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access content', 'administer content types'));
+    $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access content', 'administer content types', 'administer taxonomy'));
     $this->drupalLogin($admin_user);
     // Create content type, with underscores.
     $type_name =  strtolower($this->randomName(8)) . '_' .'test';
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ class FieldUITestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     // Assert redirection back the to "manage fields" page.
     $this->assertText(t('Saved @label configuration.', array('@label' => $this->field_label)), t('Redirected to "Manage fields" page.'));
     $this->assertText($this->field_name, t('Field was created and appears in overview page.'));
+
+    // Assert the field appears in the "add existing field" section for
+    // different entity types; e.g. if a field was added in a node entity, it
+    // should also appear in the 'taxonomy term' entity.
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/taxonomy/1/fields');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->xpath('//select[@id="edit--add-existing-field-field-name"]//option[@value="' . $this->field_name . '"]'), t('Existing field was found in account settings.'));
   }
 
   /**