diff --git a/core/modules/field/field.module b/core/modules/field/field.module
index d8be776..d59e418 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/field.module
+++ b/core/modules/field/field.module
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteMatchInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
 
 /*
  * Load all public Field API functions. Drupal currently has no
@@ -339,3 +340,49 @@ function field_form_config_admin_import_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $f
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_token_info().
+ */
+function field_token_info() {
+  return [
+    'types' => [
+      'field-storage' => [
+        'name' => t('Field storage'),
+        'description' => t('Tokens related to field storage items.'),
+        'needs-data' => 'field-stoarge',
+      ],
+    ],
+    'tokens' => [
+      'field-storage' => [
+        'name' => [
+          'name' => t("Field name"),
+          'description' => t("Machine name of the field."),
+        ],
+      ],
+    ],
+  ];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_tokens().
+ */
+function field_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $options = array()) {
+  $sanitize = !empty($options['sanitize']);
+  $replacements = [];
+
+  if ($type == 'field-storage' && !empty($data['field-storage'])) {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_storage */
+    $field_storage = $data['field-storage'];
+
+    foreach ($tokens as $name => $original) {
+      switch ($name) {
+        case 'name':
+          $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? String::checkPlain($field_storage->getName()) : $field_storage->getName();
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $replacements;
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
index 6677db2..5a16644 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public static function defaultStorageSettings() {
   public static function defaultFieldSettings() {
     return array(
       'file_extensions' => 'txt',
-      'file_directory' => '',
+      'file_directory' => 'field/[field-storage:name]/[date:custom:Y]/[date:custom:m]',
       'max_filesize' => '',
       'description_field' => 0,
     ) + parent::defaultFieldSettings();
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ public function getUploadLocation($data = array()) {
     $settings = $this->getSettings();
     $destination = trim($settings['file_directory'], '/');
 
+    $data += ['field-storage' => $this->getFieldDefinition()->getFieldStorageDefinition()];
+
     // Replace tokens.
     $destination = \Drupal::token()->replace($destination, $data);
 
@@ -310,8 +312,16 @@ public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_defin
     $random = new Random();
     $settings = $field_definition->getSettings();
 
+    /**
+     * Prepare upload destination.
+     *
+     * @see FileItem::getUploadLocation()
+     */
+    $destination = trim($settings['file_directory'], '/');
+    $destination = \Drupal::token()->replace($destination, ['field-storage' => $field_definition->getFieldStorageDefinition()]);
+
     // Generate a file entity.
-    $destination = $settings['uri_scheme'] . '://' . $settings['file_directory'] . $random->name(10, TRUE) . '.txt';
+    $destination = $settings['uri_scheme'] . '://' . $destination . '/' . $random->name(10, TRUE) . '.txt';
     $data = $random->paragraphs(3);
     $file = file_save_data($data, $destination, FILE_EXISTS_ERROR);
     $values = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php
index bf166ed..3b2f8d3 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php
@@ -17,20 +17,30 @@ class FileFieldPathTest extends FileFieldTestBase {
    * Tests the normal formatter display on node display.
    */
   function testUploadPath() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeStorageInterface $node_storage */
     $node_storage = $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorage('node');
     $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
     $type_name = 'article';
     $this->createFileField($field_name, 'node', $type_name);
+    /** @var \Drupal\file\FileInterface $test_file */
     $test_file = $this->getTestFile('text');
 
     // Create a new node.
     $nid = $this->uploadNodeFile($test_file, $field_name, $type_name);
 
-    // Check that the file was uploaded to the file root.
+    // Check that the file was uploaded to the correct location.
     $node_storage->resetCache(array($nid));
     $node = $node_storage->load($nid);
-    $node_file = file_load($node->{$field_name}->target_id);
-    $this->assertPathMatch('public://' . $test_file->getFilename(), $node_file->getFileUri(), format_string('The file %file was uploaded to the correct path.', array('%file' => $node_file->getFileUri())));
+    /** @var \Drupal\file\FileInterface $node_file */
+    $node_file = $node->{$field_name}->entity;
+    $date_formatter = $this->container->get('date.formatter');
+    $expected_filename =
+      'public://field/' .
+      $field_name . '/' .
+      $date_formatter->format(REQUEST_TIME, 'custom', 'Y') . '/' .
+      $date_formatter->format(REQUEST_TIME, 'custom', 'm') . '/' .
+      $test_file->getFilename();
+    $this->assertPathMatch($expected_filename, $node_file->getFileUri(), format_string('The file %file was uploaded to the correct path.', array('%file' => $node_file->getFileUri())));
 
     // Change the path to contain multiple subdirectories.
     $this->updateFileField($field_name, $type_name, array('file_directory' => 'foo/bar/baz'));
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php
index 2c5c11c..ac06f39 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ protected function setUp() {
       'entity_type' => 'entity_test',
       'field_name' => 'file_test',
       'bundle' => 'entity_test',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'file_directory' => '',
+      ),
     ))->save();
     file_put_contents('public://example.txt', $this->randomMachineName());
     $this->file = entity_create('file', array(