diff --git a/packages/field/index.js b/packages/field/index.js
index 3c35e3206..3dff79439 100644
--- a/packages/field/index.js
+++ b/packages/field/index.js
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export { InteractionStateMixin } from './src/InteractionStateMixin.js'; // appli
 export { LionField } from './src/LionField.js';
 export { FormRegisteringMixin } from './src/FormRegisteringMixin.js';
 export { FormRegistrarMixin } from './src/FormRegistrarMixin.js';
+export { FormRegistrarPortalMixin } from './src/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js';
diff --git a/packages/field/src/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js b/packages/field/src/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js
index f0e800c56..1f9e31c2e 100644
--- a/packages/field/src/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js
+++ b/packages/field/src/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ import { dedupeMixin } from '@lion/core';
 import { formRegistrarManager } from './formRegistrarManager.js';
 
 /**
- * This will forward
+ * This allows to register fields within a form even though they are not within the same dom tree.
+ * It does that by redispatching the event on the registration target.
+ * Neither form or field need to know about the portal. It acts as if the field is part of the dom tree.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * <my-form></my-form>
+ * <my-portal .registrationTarget=${document.querySelector('my-form')}>
+ *   <my-field></my-field>
+ * </my-portal>
+ * // my-field will be registered within my-form
  */
 export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
   superclass =>
@@ -11,6 +20,7 @@ export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
       constructor() {
         super();
         this.formElements = [];
+        this.registrationTarget = undefined;
         this.__readyForRegistration = false;
         this.registrationReady = new Promise(resolve => {
           this.__resolveRegistrationReady = resolve;
@@ -21,13 +31,16 @@ export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
         if (super.connectedCallback) {
           super.connectedCallback();
         }
+        this.__checkRegistrationTarget();
+
         formRegistrarManager.add(this);
+
         this.__redispatchEventForFormRegistrarPortalMixin = ev => {
           ev.stopPropagation();
-          // TODO: fire event with changed ev.target
-          this.dispatchEvent(
+          // TODO: change ev.target to original registering element
+          this.registrationTarget.dispatchEvent(
             new CustomEvent('form-element-register', {
-              detail: { element: ev.element },
+              detail: { element: ev.detail.element },
               bubbles: true,
             }),
           );
@@ -43,6 +56,10 @@ export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
           super.disconnectedCallback();
         }
         formRegistrarManager.remove(this);
+        this.removeEventListener(
+          'form-element-register',
+          this.__redispatchEventForFormRegistrarPortalMixin,
+        );
       }
 
       firstUpdated(changedProperties) {
@@ -51,5 +68,11 @@ export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
         this.__readyForRegistration = true;
         formRegistrarManager.becomesReady(this);
       }
+
+      __checkRegistrationTarget() {
+        if (!this.registrationTarget) {
+          throw new Error('A FormRegistrarPortal element requires a .registrationTarget');
+        }
+      }
     },
 );
diff --git a/packages/field/test-suites/FormRegistrationMixins.suite.js b/packages/field/test-suites/FormRegistrationMixins.suite.js
index cfbc97b91..ab2b9ac12 100644
--- a/packages/field/test-suites/FormRegistrationMixins.suite.js
+++ b/packages/field/test-suites/FormRegistrationMixins.suite.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, fixture, html, defineCE, unsafeStatic } from '@open-wc/testing';
 import { LitElement } from '@lion/core';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import { FormRegistrarMixin } from '../src/FormRegistrarMixin.js';
 import { FormRegisteringMixin } from '../src/FormRegisteringMixin.js';
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const runRegistrationSuite = customConfig => {
     let parentTag;
     let childTag;
     let portalTag;
+    let portalTagString;
 
     before(async () => {
       if (!cfg.parentTagString) {
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ export const runRegistrationSuite = customConfig => {
       }
 
       parentTag = unsafeStatic(cfg.parentTagString);
+      portalTagString = cfg.portalTagString;
       childTag = unsafeStatic(cfg.childTagString);
       portalTag = unsafeStatic(cfg.portalTagString);
     });
@@ -126,8 +129,11 @@ export const runRegistrationSuite = customConfig => {
 
     describe('FormRegistrarPortalMixin', () => {
       it('throws if there is no .registrationTarget', async () => {
-        expect(async () => {
-          await fixture(html`<${portalTag}></${portalTag}>`);
+        // we test the private api directly as errors thrown from a web component are in a
+        // different context and we can not catch them here
+        const el = document.createElement(portalTagString);
+        expect(() => {
+          el.__checkRegistrationTarget();
         }).to.throw('A FormRegistrarPortal element requires a .registrationTarget');
       });
 
@@ -162,6 +168,21 @@ export const runRegistrationSuite = customConfig => {
         expect(el.formElements.length).to.equal(1);
       });
 
+      // find a proper way to do this on polyfilled browsers
+      it.skip('fires event "form-element-register" with the child as ev.target', async () => {
+        const registerSpy = sinon.spy();
+        const el = await fixture(
+          html`<${parentTag} @form-element-register=${registerSpy}></${parentTag}>`,
+        );
+        const portal = await fixture(html`
+          <${portalTag} .registrationTarget=${el}>
+            <${childTag}></${childTag}>
+          </${portalTag}>
+        `);
+        const childEl = portal.children[0];
+        expect(registerSpy.args[2][0].target.tagName).to.equal(childEl.tagName);
+      });
+
       it('works for portals that have a delayed render', async () => {
         const delayedPortalString = defineCE(
           class extends FormRegistrarPortalMixin(LitElement) {