diff --git a/modules/node.views.inc b/modules/node.views.inc
index 6bdbba2a76ded912ebe38c2a0deb513ef204a975..591a25443787d21c36adcf4cd9e7ff79c4a13fcb 100644
--- a/modules/node.views.inc
+++ b/modules/node.views.inc
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ function node_views_data() {
   $data['node_revision']['table']['default_relationship'] = array(
     'node' => array(
       'table' => 'node',
-      'field' => 'vid',
+      'field' => 'nid',
     ),
   );
 
@@ -473,24 +473,56 @@ function node_views_data() {
   );
 
   // nid
+  $data['node_revision']['nid'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Nid'),
+    // The help that appears on the UI.
+    'help' => t('The revision NID of the content revision.'),
+    // Information for displaying the nid.
+    'field' => array(
+      'click sortable' => TRUE,
+    ),
+    // Information for accepting a nid as an argument.
+    'argument' => array(
+      'id' => 'node_nid',
+      'click sortable' => TRUE,
+      'numeric' => TRUE,
+    ),
+    // Information for accepting a nid as a filter.
+    'filter' => array(
+      'id' => 'numeric',
+    ),
+    // Information for sorting on a nid.
+    'sort' => array(
+      'id' => 'standard',
+    ),
+    'relationship' => array(
+      'id' => 'standard',
+      'base' => 'node',
+      'base field' => 'nid',
+      'title' => t('Content'),
+      'label' => t('Get the actual content from a content revision.'),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  // vid
   $data['node_revision']['vid'] = array(
     'title' => t('Vid'),
-    'help' => t('The revision ID of the content revision.'), // The help that appears on the UI,
-    // Information for displaying the nid
+    'help' => t('The revision ID of the content revision.'),
+    // Information for displaying the vid
     'field' => array(
       'click sortable' => TRUE,
     ),
-    // Information for accepting a nid as an argument
+    // Information for accepting a vid as an argument
     'argument' => array(
       'id' => 'node_vid',
       'click sortable' => TRUE,
       'numeric' => TRUE,
     ),
-    // Information for accepting a nid as a filter
+    // Information for accepting a vid as a filter
     'filter' => array(
       'id' => 'numeric',
     ),
-    // Information for sorting on a nid.
+    // Information for sorting on a vid.
     'sort' => array(
       'id' => 'standard',
     ),
diff --git a/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_node_revision_nid.yml b/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_node_revision_nid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cefeddab9fc2d27181cf60d22f7811a93cdf518f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_node_revision_nid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: test_node_revision_nid
+base_table: node_revision
+core: 8
+api_version: 3
+display:
+  default:
+    display_options:
+      relationships:
+        nid:
+          id: nid
+          table: node_revision
+          field: nid
+          required: TRUE
+      fields:
+        vid:
+          id: vid
+          table: node_revision
+          field: vid
+        nid_1:
+          id: nid_1
+          table: node_revision
+          field: nid
+        nid:
+          id: nid
+          table: node
+          field: nid
+          relationship: nid
+      arguments:
+        nid:
+          id: nid:
+          table: node_revision
+          field: nid
+    display_plugin: default
+    display_title: Master
+    id: default
+    position: '0'
diff --git a/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_node_revision_vid.yml b/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_node_revision_vid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b36f54967dcaec2ff3e73879202864decde8168c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_node_revision_vid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: test_node_revision_vid
+base_table: node_revision
+core: 8
+api_version: 3
+display:
+  default:
+    display_options:
+      relationships:
+        vid:
+          id: vid
+          table: node_revision
+          field: vid
+          required: TRUE
+      fields:
+        vid:
+          id: vid
+          table: node_revision
+          field: vid
+        nid_1:
+          id: nid_1
+          table: node_revision
+          field: nid
+        nid:
+          id: nid
+          table: node
+          field: nid
+          relationship: vid
+      arguments:
+        nid:
+          id: nid:
+          table: node_revision
+          field: nid
+    display_plugin: default
+    display_title: Master
+    id: default
+    position: '0'