diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
index 66bbc49b7..3f0121f24 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from rest_framework import generics
 from rest_framework import parsers
 from rest_framework import renderers
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.authtoken.serializers import AuthTokenSerializer
 
 
-class ObtainAuthToken(APIView):
+class ObtainAuthToken(generics.GenericAPIView):
     throttle_classes = ()
     permission_classes = ()
     parser_classes = (parsers.FormParser, parsers.MultiPartParser, parsers.JSONParser,)