diff --git a/field_collection.info.inc b/field_collection.info.inc
index 03c961a..db47f45 100644
--- a/field_collection.info.inc
+++ b/field_collection.info.inc
@@ -24,6 +24,24 @@ class FieldCollectionItemMetadataController extends EntityDefaultMetadataControl
       'required' => TRUE,
     );
 
+    // Also add type-specific host entity references for all entity types that
+    // have at least one field collection field.
+    $entity_info = entity_get_info();
+    foreach (field_read_fields(array('type' => 'field_collection')) as $field_name => $field) {
+      $field_info = field_info_field($field_name);
+      $entity_types = array_keys($field_info['bundles']);
+      foreach ($entity_types as $entity_type) {
+        $args = array('@type' => $entity_info[$entity_type]['label']);
+        $info['field_collection_item']['bundles'][$field_name]['properties']["host_entity_{$entity_type}"] = array(
+          'label' => t('Host entity (@type)', $args),
+          'type' => $entity_type,
+          'description' => t('The @type containing the field collection field (empty if this field collection is attached to an item of a different type).', $args),
+          'getter callback' => 'field_collection_item_get_host_entity',
+          'computed' => TRUE,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     return $info;
   }