diff --git handlers/views_handler_field.inc handlers/views_handler_field.inc
index cb83a21..fbe52c6 100644
--- handlers/views_handler_field.inc
+++ handlers/views_handler_field.inc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  *                      'field' => fieldname); as many fields as are necessary
  *                      may be in this array.
  * - click sortable: If TRUE, this field may be click sorted.
+ * - no semantic: If TRUE, it disables the semantic output.
  */
 class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
   var $field_alias = 'unknown';
@@ -143,12 +144,24 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
    * Return DIV or SPAN based upon the field's element type.
    */
   function element_type() {
+    if ($this->options['element type']) {
+      return $this->options['element type'];
+    }
     if (isset($this->definition['element type'])) {
       return $this->definition['element type'];
     }
 
     return 'span';
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Return the class of the field.
+   */
+  function classes() {
+    if ($this->options['class']) {
+      return $this->options['class'];
+    }
+  }
 
   function option_definition() {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
@@ -175,6 +188,8 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         'html' => array('default' => FALSE),
       ),
     );
+    $options['class'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element type'] = array('default' => '');
     $options['empty'] = array('default' => '', 'translatable' => TRUE);
     $options['hide_empty'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     $options['empty_zero'] = array('default' => FALSE);
@@ -201,6 +216,22 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#default_value' => $this->options['exclude'],
       '#description' => t('Check this box to not display this field, but still load it in the view.  Use this option to not show a grouping field in each record, or when doing advanced theming.'),
     );
+    $form['element type'] = array(
+      '#prefix' => '<div class="views-left-30">',
+      '#suffix' => '</div>',
+      '#title' => t('Element'),
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#size' => '10',
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element type'],
+    );
+    $form['class'] = array(
+      '#prefix' => '<div class="views-right-70">',
+      '#suffix' => '</div>',
+      '#title' => t('Class attribute'),
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#size' => '30',
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['class'],
+    );
 
     if ($this->allow_advanced_render()) {
       $form['alter']['#tree'] = TRUE;
diff --git theme/theme.inc theme/theme.inc
index b053c6e..f0a6983 100644
--- theme/theme.inc
+++ theme/theme.inc
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_fields(&$vars) {
       $object->element_type = $object->handler->element_type();
 
       $object->class = views_css_safe($id);
+      $object->classes = $object->handler->classes();
       $object->label = check_plain($view->field[$id]->label());
       $vars['fields'][$id] = $object;
     }
@@ -337,6 +338,11 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
       $vars['fields'][$field] .= ' ' . views_css_safe($options['info'][$field]['align']);
     }
 
+    // Add semantic classes
+    if ($classes = $fields[$field]->classes()) {
+      $vars['fields'][$field] .=  ' ' . $classes;
+    }
+
     // Render each field into its appropriate column.
     foreach ($result as $num => $row) {
       if (!empty($fields[$field]) && empty($fields[$field]->options['exclude'])) {
diff --git theme/views-view-fields.tpl.php theme/views-view-fields.tpl.php
index bfab537..e93cd97 100644
--- theme/views-view-fields.tpl.php
+++ theme/views-view-fields.tpl.php
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
       // $field->element_type is either SPAN or DIV depending upon whether or not
       // the field is a 'block' element type or 'inline' element type.
       ?>
-      <<?php print $field->element_type; ?> class="field-content"><?php print $field->content; ?></<?php print $field->element_type; ?>>
+      <<?php print $field->element_type; ?> class="field-content <?php print $field->classes;?>"><?php print $field->content; ?></<?php print $field->element_type; ?>>
   </<?php print $field->inline_html;?>>
 <?php endforeach; ?>