diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 1f5b40f..31cd641 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Configuration
 
         - TOKEN_SERIALIZER - response for successful authentication in ``rest_auth.views.LoginView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.TokenSerializer``
 
-        - JWT_SERIALIZER - (Using REST_USE_JWT=True) response for successful authentication in ``rest_auth.views.LoginView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.JWTSerializer``
+        - JWT_SERIALIZER - (Using REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP = 'jwt') response for successful authentication in ``rest_auth.views.LoginView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.JWTSerializer``
 
         - USER_DETAILS_SERIALIZER - serializer class in ``rest_auth.views.UserDetailsView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.UserDetailsSerializer``
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Configuration
 
 - **REST_SESSION_LOGIN** - Enable session login in Login API view (default: True)
 
-- **REST_USE_JWT** - Enable JWT Authentication instead of Token/Session based. This is built on top of django-rest-framework-jwt http://getblimp.github.io/django-rest-framework-jwt/, which must also be installed. (default: False)
+- **REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP** - Enable a compatible installed third party authentication app instead of built-in Django Rest Framework Tokens. Options are `'jwt'`, using django-rest-framework-jwt http://getblimp.github.io/django-rest-framework-jwt/, and `'knox'`, using django-rest-knox https://github.com/James1345/django-rest-knox/. (default: False)
 
 - **OLD_PASSWORD_FIELD_ENABLED** - set it to True if you want to have old password verification on password change enpoint (default: False)
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 6144011..8d056a7 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -159,5 +159,5 @@ By default, ``django-rest-auth`` uses Django's Token-based authentication. If yo
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    REST_USE_JWT = True
+    REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP = 'jwt'
 
diff --git a/rest_auth/app_settings.py b/rest_auth/app_settings.py
index eb00544..96568aa 100644
--- a/rest_auth/app_settings.py
+++ b/rest_auth/app_settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 
-if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_KNOX', False):
+if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'knox':
     from rest_auth.serializers import KnoxTokenSerializer as DefaultTokenSerializer
 else:
     from rest_auth.serializers import TokenSerializer as DefaultTokenSerializer
diff --git a/rest_auth/models.py b/rest_auth/models.py
index 13d4f74..3061a97 100644
--- a/rest_auth/models.py
+++ b/rest_auth/models.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 
-if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_KNOX', False):
+if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'knox':
     try:
         from knox.models import AuthToken as DefaultTokenModel
     except ImportError:
-        raise ImportError("Install django-rest-knox to use REST_USE_KNOX = True")
+        raise ImportError("Install django-rest-knox before setting REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP to 'knox'")
 else:
     from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token as DefaultTokenModel
 
diff --git a/rest_auth/registration/views.py b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
index 1e7d8f6..ce84a0d 100644
--- a/rest_auth/registration/views.py
+++ b/rest_auth/registration/views.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class RegisterView(CreateAPIView):
                 allauth_settings.EmailVerificationMethod.MANDATORY:
             return {"detail": _("Verification e-mail sent.")}
 
-        if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_JWT', False):
+        if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'jwt':
             data = {
                 'user': user,
                 'token': self.token
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class RegisterView(CreateAPIView):
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
         user = serializer.save(self.request)
-        if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_JWT', False):
+        if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'jwt':
             self.token = jwt_encode(user)  
         else:
             self.token = create_token(self.token_model, user, serializer)
diff --git a/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py b/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py
index a24e9f0..014fc43 100644
--- a/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/rest_auth/tests/test_api.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class APITestCase1(TestCase, BaseAPITestCase):
 
         self.post(self.login_url, data=payload, status_code=200)
 
-    @override_settings(REST_USE_JWT=True)
+    @override_settings(REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP='jwt')
     def test_login_jwt(self):
         payload = {
             "username": self.USERNAME,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class APITestCase1(TestCase, BaseAPITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(user.last_name, self.response.json['last_name'])
         self.assertEqual(user.email, self.response.json['email'])
 
-    @override_settings(REST_USE_JWT=True)
+    @override_settings(REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP='jwt')
     def test_user_details_using_jwt(self):
         user = get_user_model().objects.create_user(self.USERNAME, self.EMAIL, self.PASS)
         payload = {
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class APITestCase1(TestCase, BaseAPITestCase):
         self._login()
         self._logout()
 
-    @override_settings(REST_USE_JWT=True)
+    @override_settings(REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP='jwt')
     def test_registration_with_jwt(self):
         user_count = get_user_model().objects.all().count()
 
diff --git a/rest_auth/tests/test_base.py b/rest_auth/tests/test_base.py
index faaf7bb..616ca9d 100644
--- a/rest_auth/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/rest_auth/tests/test_base.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class BaseAPITestCase(object):
 
         # check_headers = kwargs.pop('check_headers', True)
         if hasattr(self, 'token'):
-            if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_JWT', False):
+            if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'jwt':
                 kwargs['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = 'JWT %s' % self.token
             else:
                 kwargs['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = 'Token %s' % self.token
diff --git a/rest_auth/tests/test_social.py b/rest_auth/tests/test_social.py
index 56bdace..82a41e2 100644
--- a/rest_auth/tests/test_social.py
+++ b/rest_auth/tests/test_social.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class TestSocialAuth(TestCase, BaseAPITestCase):
 
     @responses.activate
     @override_settings(
-        REST_USE_JWT=True
+        REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP='jwt'
     )
     def test_jwt(self):
         resp_body = '{"id":"123123123123","first_name":"John","gender":"male","last_name":"Smith","link":"https:\\/\\/www.facebook.com\\/john.smith","locale":"en_US","name":"John Smith","timezone":2,"updated_time":"2014-08-13T10:14:38+0000","username":"john.smith","verified":true}'  # noqa
diff --git a/rest_auth/views.py b/rest_auth/views.py
index 0493a76..3a03084 100644
--- a/rest_auth/views.py
+++ b/rest_auth/views.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class LoginView(GenericAPIView):
         django_login(self.request, self.user)
 
     def get_response_serializer(self):
-        if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_JWT', False):
+        if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'jwt':
             response_serializer = JWTSerializer
         else:
             response_serializer = TokenSerializer
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class LoginView(GenericAPIView):
     def login(self):
         self.user = self.serializer.validated_data['user']
 
-        if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_JWT', False):
+        if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'jwt':
             self.token = jwt_encode(self.user)
         else:
             self.token = create_token(self.token_model, self.user,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class LoginView(GenericAPIView):
     def get_response(self):
         serializer_class = self.get_response_serializer()
 
-        if getattr(settings, 'REST_USE_JWT', False):
+        if getattr(settings, 'REST_AUTH_TOKEN_APP', False) is 'jwt':
             data = {
                 'user': self.user,
                 'token': self.token