Programmatically lookup fields cross site collections

Hi everyone,
With SharePoint 2010, we can programmatically create a custom field for lookup site column cross site collections. However, it seems not to be possible in SharePoint 2013. Has anyone got hands dirty on this case?
Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
-T.s
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Thank Dimitri, I will have to look into it to check whether it supports lookup fields cross site collections or not.
@Amr Fouad: The managed metadata field is itself a form of lookup column so doesn't allow it's values to be used in a lookup.
We have tried with custom field but seems it doesn't work in SharePoint 2013. With SharePoint 2010, there is no problem. I'm wondering whether lookup fields cross site collection is a nightmare or not.
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