diff --git a/docs/api-guide/reverse.md b/docs/api-guide/reverse.md
index 71fb83f9e..35d88e2db 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/reverse.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/reverse.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ There's no requirement for you to use them, but if you do then the self-describi
 
 **Signature:** `reverse(viewname, *args, **kwargs)`
 
-Has the same behavior as [`django.core.urlresolvers.reverse`][reverse], except that it returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port.
+Has the same behavior as [`django.urls.reverse`][reverse], except that it returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port.
 
 You should **include the request as a keyword argument** to the function, for example:
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ You should **include the request as a keyword argument** to the function, for ex
 
 **Signature:** `reverse_lazy(viewname, *args, **kwargs)`
 
-Has the same behavior as [`django.core.urlresolvers.reverse_lazy`][reverse-lazy], except that it returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port.
+Has the same behavior as [`django.urls.reverse_lazy`][reverse-lazy], except that it returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port.
 
 As with the `reverse` function, you should **include the request as a keyword argument** to the function, for example:
 
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/testing.md b/docs/api-guide/testing.md
index 69da7d105..18f9e19e9 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/testing.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/testing.md
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ REST framework includes the following test case classes, that mirror the existin
 
 You can use any of REST framework's test case classes as you would for the regular Django test case classes.  The `self.client` attribute will be an `APIClient` instance.
 
-    from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+    from django.urls import reverse
     from rest_framework import status
     from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
     from myproject.apps.core.models import Account
diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index 9ee40b257..958c481cd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ except ImportError:
     from django.utils import importlib  # Will be removed in Django 1.9
 
 
+try:
+    from django.urls import (
+        NoReverseMatch, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # Will be removed in Django 2.0
+        NoReverseMatch, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve
+    )
+
+
 try:
     import urlparse  # Python 2.x
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 65c4c0318..4317d1199 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.core.urlresolvers import (
-    NoReverseMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, resolve
-)
 from django.db.models import Manager
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.utils import six
@@ -14,6 +11,9 @@ from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible, smart_text
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from rest_framework.compat import (
+    NoReverseMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, resolve
+)
 from rest_framework.fields import (
     Field, empty, get_attribute, is_simple_callable, iter_options
 )
diff --git a/rest_framework/reverse.py b/rest_framework/reverse.py
index 5a7ba09a8..fd418dcca 100644
--- a/rest_framework/reverse.py
+++ b/rest_framework/reverse.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Provide urlresolver functions that return fully qualified URLs or view names
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as django_reverse
-from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
 
+from rest_framework.compat import reverse as django_reverse
+from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.utils.urls import replace_query_param
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **extra
 
 def _reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **extra):
     """
-    Same as `django.core.urlresolvers.reverse`, but optionally takes a request
+    Same as `django.urls.reverse`, but optionally takes a request
     and returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to get the base URL.
     """
     if format is not None:
diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 4eec70bda..c6516b06b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ from collections import OrderedDict, namedtuple
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 
 from rest_framework import exceptions, renderers, views
+from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.schemas import SchemaGenerator
diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas.py b/rest_framework/schemas.py
index 1b899450f..72cd8017a 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ from importlib import import_module
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.admindocs.views import simplify_regex
-from django.core.urlresolvers import RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers
-from rest_framework.compat import coreapi, uritemplate, urlparse
+from rest_framework.compat import (
+    RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, coreapi, uritemplate, urlparse
+)
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
index 3bb85e472..c1c8a5396 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
+++ b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from django import template
-from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 from django.template import loader
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, iri_to_uri
 from django.utils.html import escape, format_html, smart_urlquote
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeData, mark_safe
 
-from rest_framework.compat import template_render
+from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch, reverse, template_render
 from rest_framework.renderers import HTMLFormRenderer
 from rest_framework.utils.urls import replace_query_param
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/urlpatterns.py b/rest_framework/urlpatterns.py
index 7a02bb0f0..4ea55300e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/urlpatterns.py
+++ b/rest_framework/urlpatterns.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
-from django.core.urlresolvers import RegexURLResolver
 
+from rest_framework.compat import RegexURLResolver
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py b/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
index 2e3ab9084..74f4f7840 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.core.urlresolvers import get_script_prefix, resolve
+from rest_framework.compat import get_script_prefix, resolve
 
 
 def get_breadcrumbs(url, request=None):
diff --git a/tests/test_filters.py b/tests/test_filters.py
index 03d61fc37..fdb3c1c0b 100644
--- a/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ from django.utils.dateparse import parse_date
 from django.utils.six.moves import reload_module
 
 from rest_framework import filters, generics, serializers, status
-from rest_framework.compat import django_filters
+from rest_framework.compat import django_filters, reverse
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 
 from .models import BaseFilterableItem, BasicModel, FilterableItem
diff --git a/tests/test_permissions.py b/tests/test_permissions.py
index 0445f27ca..f8561e61d 100644
--- a/tests/test_permissions.py
+++ b/tests/test_permissions.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import base64
 import unittest
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission, User
-from django.core.urlresolvers import ResolverMatch
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ from rest_framework import (
     HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING, authentication, generics, permissions, serializers,
     status
 )
-from rest_framework.compat import guardian, set_many
+from rest_framework.compat import ResolverMatch, guardian, set_many
 from rest_framework.filters import DjangoObjectPermissionsFilter
 from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
diff --git a/tests/test_reverse.py b/tests/test_reverse.py
index 03d31f1f9..f30a8bf9a 100644
--- a/tests/test_reverse.py
+++ b/tests/test_reverse.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
-from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 
+from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 
diff --git a/tests/test_urlpatterns.py b/tests/test_urlpatterns.py
index 78d37c1a8..33d367e1d 100644
--- a/tests/test_urlpatterns.py
+++ b/tests/test_urlpatterns.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
-from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django.test import TestCase
 
+from rest_framework.compat import RegexURLResolver, Resolver404
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class FormatSuffixTests(TestCase):
             urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns)
         except Exception:
             self.fail("Failed to apply `format_suffix_patterns` on  the supplied urlpatterns")
-        resolver = urlresolvers.RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlpatterns)
+        resolver = RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlpatterns)
         for test_path in test_paths:
             request = factory.get(test_path.path)
             try:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class FormatSuffixTests(TestCase):
         urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns([
             url(r'^test/$', dummy_view),
         ])
-        resolver = urlresolvers.RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlpatterns)
+        resolver = RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlpatterns)
 
         test_paths = [
             (URLTestPath('/test.api', (), {'format': 'api'}), True),
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class FormatSuffixTests(TestCase):
             request = factory.get(test_path.path)
             try:
                 callback, callback_args, callback_kwargs = resolver.resolve(request.path_info)
-            except urlresolvers.Resolver404:
+            except Resolver404:
                 callback, callback_args, callback_kwargs = (None, None, None)
             if not expected_resolved:
                 assert callback is None
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 5b2d75864..52582f093 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
+from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 
 
 class MockObject(object):