diff --git a/rest_framework/reverse.py b/rest_framework/reverse.py
index a51b07f54..ceed09f50 100644
--- a/rest_framework/reverse.py
+++ b/rest_framework/reverse.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Provide reverse functions that return fully qualified URLs
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as django_reverse
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
+from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+from django.http import Http404
+
 
 
 def reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **extra):
@@ -14,7 +17,19 @@ def reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **extra
     if format is not None:
         kwargs = kwargs or {}
         kwargs['format'] = format
-    url = django_reverse(viewname, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, **extra)
+
+    try:
+        namespace=resolve(request.path).namespace
+    except Http404:
+        namespace=None
+
+    if namespace:
+        viewname = '{namespace}:{viewname}'.format(namespace=namespace,
+                                                   viewname=viewname)
+
+    url = django_reverse(viewname, args=args, kwargs=kwargs,
+                         #current_app=resolve(request.path).app_name,
+                          **extra)
     if request:
         return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
     return url