diff --git a/resources/lang/en/fieldtypes.php b/resources/lang/en/fieldtypes.php
index b501d28d335..b6c391b416e 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/fieldtypes.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/fieldtypes.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     'date.title' => 'Date',
     'entries.config.create' => 'Allow creation of new entries.',
     'entries.config.collections' => 'Choose which collections the user can select from.',
+    'entries.config.link_by' => 'Choose what field to use to link items. If you choose slug make sure slugs are unique in your linked collection(s).',
     'entries.config.query_scopes' => 'Choose which query scopes should be applied when retrieving selectable entries.',
     'entries.config.search_index' => 'An appropriate search index will be used automatically where possible, but you may define an explicit one.',
     'entries.title' => 'Entries',
diff --git a/src/Fieldtypes/Entries.php b/src/Fieldtypes/Entries.php
index 8738c3d1f74..5c5cb03f6ef 100644
--- a/src/Fieldtypes/Entries.php
+++ b/src/Fieldtypes/Entries.php
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ protected function configFieldItems(): array
                         'instructions' => __('statamic::fieldtypes.entries.config.query_scopes'),
                         'type' => 'taggable',
                     ],
+                    'link_by' => [
+                        'display' => __('Link By'),
+                        'instructions' => __('statamic::fieldtypes.entries.config.link_by'),
+                        'type' => 'select',
+                        'default' => 'id',
+                        'options' => [
+                            'id' => __('ID'),
+                            'slug' => __('Slug'),
+                        ],
+                    ],
                 ],
             ],
         ];
@@ -313,6 +323,10 @@ public function augment($values)
             $site = $parent->locale();
         }
 
+        if ($this->config('link_by') == 'slug') {
+            $values = $this->replaceSlugsWithIds($values);
+        }
+
         $ids = (new OrderedQueryBuilder(Entry::query(), $ids = Arr::wrap($values)))
             ->whereIn('id', $ids)
             ->get()
@@ -394,6 +408,41 @@ public function filter()
         return new EntriesFilter($this);
     }
 
+    public function process($data)
+    {
+        $data = parent::process($data);
+
+        if ($this->config('link_by') == 'slug') {
+            $data = collect($data)->map(function ($item) {
+                if ($entry = Entry::find($item)) {
+                    return $entry->slug();
+                }
+            })->filter()->all();
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+    public function preProcess($data)
+    {
+        $data = parent::preProcess($data);
+
+        if ($this->config('link_by') == 'slug') {
+            $data = $this->replaceSlugsWithIds($data);
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+    private function replaceSlugsWithIds($data)
+    {
+        return collect($data)->map(function ($item) {
+            if ($entry = Entry::query()->whereIn('collection', $this->getConfiguredCollections())->where('slug', $item)->first()) {
+                return $entry->id();
+            }
+        })->filter()->all();
+    }
+
     public function preload()
     {
         $collection = count($this->getConfiguredCollections()) === 1
diff --git a/src/Tags/Concerns/QueriesConditions.php b/src/Tags/Concerns/QueriesConditions.php
index 019160c8227..162c3987380 100644
--- a/src/Tags/Concerns/QueriesConditions.php
+++ b/src/Tags/Concerns/QueriesConditions.php
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ protected function queryCondition($query, $field, $condition, $value)
                 return $this->queryInCondition($query, $field, $value);
             case 'not_in':
                 return $this->queryNotInCondition($query, $field, $value);
+            case 'includes':
+                return $this->queryIncludesCondition($query, $field, $value);
+            case 'doesnt_include':
+                return $this->queryDoesntIncludeCondition($query, $field, $value);
             case 'starts_with':
             case 'begins_with':
                 return $this->queryStartsWithCondition($query, $field, $value);
@@ -161,6 +165,24 @@ protected function queryNotInCondition($query, $field, $value)
         return $query->whereNotIn($field, $value);
     }
 
+    protected function queryIncludesCondition($query, $field, $value)
+    {
+        if (is_string($value)) {
+            $value = $this->getPipedValues($value);
+        }
+
+        return $query->whereJsonContains($field, $value);
+    }
+
+    protected function queryDoesntIncludeCondition($query, $field, $value)
+    {
+        if (is_string($value)) {
+            $value = $this->getPipedValues($value);
+        }
+
+        return $query->whereJsonDoesntContain($field, $value);
+    }
+
     protected function queryStartsWithCondition($query, $field, $value)
     {
         return $query->where($field, 'like', "{$value}%");