diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 282f326..336abb5 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ Configuration
             ...
         }
 
+- **REST_AUTH_TOKEN_MODEL** - model class for tokens, default value ``rest_framework.authtoken.models``
+
+- **REST_AUTH_TOKEN_CREATOR** - callable to create tokens, default value ``rest_auth.utils.default_create_token``.
 
 - **REST_SESSION_LOGIN** - Enable session login in Login API view (default: True)
 
-
 - **OLD_PASSWORD_FIELD_ENABLED** - set it to True if you want to have old password verification on password change enpoint (default: False)
 
 - **LOGOUT_ON_PASSWORD_CHANGE** - set to False if you want to keep the current user logged in after a password change
diff --git a/rest_auth/app_settings.py b/rest_auth/app_settings.py
index e0340b7..b77d1d2 100644
--- a/rest_auth/app_settings.py
+++ b/rest_auth/app_settings.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ from rest_auth.serializers import (
     PasswordResetSerializer as DefaultPasswordResetSerializer,
     PasswordResetConfirmSerializer as DefaultPasswordResetConfirmSerializer,
     PasswordChangeSerializer as DefaultPasswordChangeSerializer)
-from .utils import import_callable
+from .utils import import_callable, default_create_token
 
+create_token = import_callable(
+    getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_CREATOR', default_create_token))
 
 serializers = getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_SERIALIZERS', {})
 
diff --git a/rest_auth/models.py b/rest_auth/models.py
index e703865..a132f9c 100644
--- a/rest_auth/models.py
+++ b/rest_auth/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-# from django.db import models
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token as DefaultTokenModel
+
+from .utils import import_callable
 
 # Register your models here.
+
+TokenModel = import_callable(
+    getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_MODEL', DefaultTokenModel))
diff --git a/rest_auth/registration/views.py b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
index e700706..57a1327 100644
--- a/rest_auth/registration/views.py
+++ b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny
 from rest_framework import status
-from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 
 from allauth.account.views import SignupView, ConfirmEmailView
 from allauth.account.utils import complete_signup
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ from allauth.account import app_settings
 from rest_auth.app_settings import TokenSerializer
 from rest_auth.registration.serializers import SocialLoginSerializer
 from rest_auth.views import LoginView
+from rest_auth.models import TokenModel
 
 
 class RegisterView(APIView, SignupView):
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RegisterView(APIView, SignupView):
 
     permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
     allowed_methods = ('POST', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD')
-    token_model = Token
+    token_model = TokenModel
     serializer_class = TokenSerializer
 
     def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/rest_auth/serializers.py b/rest_auth/serializers.py
index a2d1a82..2dd92b8 100644
--- a/rest_auth/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_auth/serializers.py
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ from django.utils.http import urlsafe_base64_decode as uid_decoder
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
+from .models import TokenModel
+
 from rest_framework import serializers, exceptions
-from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 # Get the UserModel
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class TokenSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     """
 
     class Meta:
-        model = Token
+        model = TokenModel
         fields = ('key',)
 
 
diff --git a/rest_auth/utils.py b/rest_auth/utils.py
index a32da60..e5bbf7c 100644
--- a/rest_auth/utils.py
+++ b/rest_auth/utils.py
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ def import_callable(path_or_callable):
         assert isinstance(path_or_callable, string_types)
         package, attr = path_or_callable.rsplit('.', 1)
         return getattr(import_module(package), attr)
+
+
+def default_create_token(token_model, serializer):
+    user = serializer.validated_data['user']
+    token, _ = token_model.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
+    return token
diff --git a/rest_auth/views.py b/rest_auth/views.py
index 3af1557..6f3c413 100644
--- a/rest_auth/views.py
+++ b/rest_auth/views.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.generics import GenericAPIView
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, AllowAny
-from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.generics import RetrieveUpdateAPIView
 
 from .app_settings import (
     TokenSerializer, UserDetailsSerializer, LoginSerializer,
     PasswordResetSerializer, PasswordResetConfirmSerializer,
-    PasswordChangeSerializer
+    PasswordChangeSerializer, create_token
 )
+from .models import TokenModel
 
 
 class LoginView(GenericAPIView):
@@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ class LoginView(GenericAPIView):
     """
     permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
     serializer_class = LoginSerializer
-    token_model = Token
+    token_model = TokenModel
     response_serializer = TokenSerializer
 
     def login(self):
         self.user = self.serializer.validated_data['user']
-        self.token, created = self.token_model.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.user)
+        self.token = create_token(self.token_model, self.serializer)
         if getattr(settings, 'REST_SESSION_LOGIN', True):
             login(self.request, self.user)