diff --git a/libraries/joomla/table/table.php b/libraries/joomla/table/table.php
index df02cdfcada5f..dfb9c2e24b912 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/table/table.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/table/table.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * @since       11.1
  * @tutorial	Joomla.Platform/jtable.cls
  */
-abstract class JTable extends JObject implements JObservableInterface, JTableInterface
+class JTable extends JObject implements JObservableInterface, JTableInterface
 {
 	/**
 	 * Include paths for searching for JTable classes.
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ public function getFields()
 	 *
 	 * @return  mixed    A JTable object if found or boolean false if one could not be found.
 	 *
-	 * @link    http://docs.joomla.org/JTable/getInstance
 	 * @since   11.1
 	 */
 	public static function getInstance($type, $prefix = 'JTable', $config = array())
@@ -259,6 +258,9 @@ public static function getInstance($type, $prefix = 'JTable', $config = array())
 		$type       = preg_replace('/[^A-Z0-9_\.-]/i', '', $type);
 		$tableClass = $prefix . ucfirst($type);
 
+		// If a database object was passed in the configuration array use it, otherwise get the global one from JFactory.
+		$db = isset($config['dbo']) ? $config['dbo'] : JFactory::getDbo();
+
 		// Only try to load the class if it doesn't already exist.
 		if (!class_exists($tableClass))
 		{
@@ -280,6 +282,51 @@ public static function getInstance($type, $prefix = 'JTable', $config = array())
 			}
 			else
 			{
+				// Load the RAD for now because it's inflector is much better than Joomala's
+				// in the final example we'll either migrate that to a Joomla class which is a
+				// duplicate or similar
+				if (!defined('FOF_INCLUDED'))
+				{
+					require_once JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/fof/include.php';
+				}
+
+				// Next let's search for a standardized table name if the parent class doesn't exist
+				$isTypeSingular = FOFInflector::isSingular($type);
+
+				if ($isTypeSingular)
+				{
+					$typeSingular = $type;
+					$typePlural = FOFInflector::pluralize($type);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$typeSingular = FOFInflector::singularize($type);
+					$typePlural = $type;
+				}
+
+				// Remove the 'Table' part from the prefix - this should be the component name
+				// If we don't have a table suffix to the prefix then we just have to give up.
+				$suffix = 'Table';
+				$pos = strrpos($prefix, $suffix);
+				
+				if($pos !== false)
+				{
+					$component = substr_replace($prefix, '', $pos, strlen($suffix));
+
+					$tableName = '#__' . $component . '_' . $typePlural;
+					$keyName = $component . '_' . $typeSingular . '_id';
+
+					// Get the list of tables so we can check the table exists
+					// If it's not a table that exist we abort
+					if (in_array($tableName, $db->getTableList()))
+					{
+						// If the table exists then we return the JTable instance
+						// else we can only assume that the automatic names aren't being used
+						// and return false
+						return new JTable($tableName, $keyName, $db);
+					}
+				}
+
 				// If we were unable to find the class file in the JTable include paths, raise a warning and return false.
 				JLog::add(JText::sprintf('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FILE_NOT_FOUND', $type), JLog::WARNING, 'jerror');
 
@@ -287,9 +334,6 @@ public static function getInstance($type, $prefix = 'JTable', $config = array())
 			}
 		}
 
-		// If a database object was passed in the configuration array use it, otherwise get the global one from JFactory.
-		$db = isset($config['dbo']) ? $config['dbo'] : JFactory::getDbo();
-
 		// Instantiate a new table class and return it.
 		return new $tableClass($db);
 	}