diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 10f0fd54f..428f89632 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Fixes:
 
 * The `Apply` button for filters will show/hide correctly again
 * Fix `translations_path` attribute when Flask-Admin is used with Flask-Babel
+* Some translation updates.
+* Date fields no longer override `widget` if set in `form_args`
 
 2.0.0a0
 -------
diff --git a/flask_admin/contrib/sqla/form.py b/flask_admin/contrib/sqla/form.py
index a645653ae..9883fed3e 100644
--- a/flask_admin/contrib/sqla/form.py
+++ b/flask_admin/contrib/sqla/form.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def conv_Boolean(self, field_args, **extra):
 
     @converts("Date")
     def convert_date(self, field_args, **extra):
-        field_args["widget"] = form.DatePickerWidget()
+        field_args.setdefault("widget", form.DatePickerWidget())
         return fields.DateField(**field_args)
 
     @converts("DateTime")  # includes TIMESTAMP
diff --git a/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_form.py b/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_form.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..735484def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_form.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import inspect
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+import wtforms
+from wtforms.fields.simple import StringField
+
+from flask_admin.contrib.sqla.form import AdminModelConverter
+
+sqla_admin_model_converters = [
+    method_name
+    for method_name, method in inspect.getmembers(AdminModelConverter)
+    if getattr(method, "_converter_for", None)
+]
+
+
+class TestAdminModelConverter:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("method_name", sqla_admin_model_converters)
+    def test_can_override_widget(self, method_name):
+        converter = AdminModelConverter(None, None)
+
+        def fake_widget(*args, **kwargs):
+            return "<p>widget overridden</p>"
+
+        class TestForm(wtforms.Form):
+            pass
+
+        # Find out if field takes `name` or `_name` - depends on wtforms version.
+        # Required for python3.8 tests
+        argspec = inspect.signature(StringField.__init__).parameters
+        name_field = "name" if "name" in argspec else "_name"
+
+        # Build args to pass to wtforms Field instance - mostly fake data, the only
+        # important thing is the fake widget. `_form` and name_field are required
+        # to get a 'bound' field instance that can be rendered.
+        field_args = {
+            "_form": TestForm(),
+            name_field: "field",
+            "widget": fake_widget,
+            "validators": [],
+        }
+
+        field = getattr(converter, method_name)(
+            field_args=field_args,
+            column=MagicMock(),
+        )
+
+        # Some non-wtforms fields (eg `Select2TagsField` don't allow setting this field
+        try:
+            field.data = None
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        assert field() == "<p>widget overridden</p>"