diff --git a/docs/releases/2.5.rst b/docs/releases/2.5.rst
index 1b85682407..e30aa4e11b 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.5.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.5.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ Other Changes
 - Reduce verbosity of some debug messages.
 - New lineart transformation. Useful to increase the OCR accuracy on some kind
   of documents.
+- Make sure lookup selection widgets also trigger the metadata update
+  checkbox on change.
+
+
 
 Removals
 --------
diff --git a/mayan/apps/metadata/forms.py b/mayan/apps/metadata/forms.py
index 369e8c09e2..568e31e62a 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/metadata/forms.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/metadata/forms.py
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ class DocumentMetadataForm(forms.Form):
                         choices.insert(0, ('', '------'))
                     self.fields['value'].choices = choices
                     self.fields['value'].required = required
+                    self.fields['value'].widget.attrs.update(
+                        {'class': 'metadata-value'}
+                    )
                 except Exception as exception:
                     self.fields['value'].initial = _(
                         'Lookup value error: %s'