diff --git a/GeomIO/SharedIO.F90 b/GeomIO/SharedIO.F90
index 96e958191104..d899898ecb89 100644
--- a/GeomIO/SharedIO.F90
+++ b/GeomIO/SharedIO.F90
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ subroutine add_variable(metadata, field,  rc)
       integer :: pfio_type
 
       variable_dim_names = get_variable_dim_names(field, geom, _RC)
-      call ESMF_FieldGet(field, name=short_name, typekind=typekind, _RC)
+      call MAPL_FieldGet(field, short_name=short_name, typekind=typekind, _RC)
       pfio_type = esmf_to_pfio_type(typekind ,_RC)
       v = Variable(type=pfio_type, dimensions=variable_dim_names)
 
diff --git a/field/FieldGet.F90 b/field/FieldGet.F90
index 43d80b458ec0..c58d86248d08 100644
--- a/field/FieldGet.F90
+++ b/field/FieldGet.F90
@@ -24,13 +24,16 @@ module mapl3g_FieldGet
 contains
 
    subroutine field_get(field, unusable, &
+        short_name, typekind, &
         num_levels, vert_staggerloc, num_vgrid_levels, &
         ungridded_dims, &
-        units, standard_name, long_name, &
+        units, standard_name, long_name,  &
         rc)
 
       type(ESMF_Field), intent(in) :: field
       class(KeywordEnforcer), optional, intent(in) :: unusable
+      character(len=:), optional, allocatable, intent(out) :: short_name
+      type(ESMF_TypeKind_Flag), optional, intent(out) :: typekind
       integer, optional, intent(out) :: num_levels
       type(VerticalStaggerLoc), optional, intent(out) :: vert_staggerloc
       integer, optional, intent(out) :: num_vgrid_levels
@@ -43,9 +46,18 @@ subroutine field_get(field, unusable, &
 
       integer :: status
       type(ESMF_Info) :: field_info
+      character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: fname
+
+      if (present(short_name)) then
+         call ESMF_FieldGet(field, name=fname, _RC)
+         short_name = trim(fname)
+      end if
+
+      if (present(typekind)) then
+         call ESMF_FieldGet(field, typekind=typekind, _RC)
+      end if
 
       call ESMF_InfoGetFromHost(field, field_info, _RC)
-      
       call MAPL_FieldInfoGetInternal(field_info, &
            num_levels=num_levels, &
            vert_staggerloc=vert_staggerloc, &