diff --git a/djangorestframework/routers.py b/djangorestframework/routers.py
index 9febc9607..68140280c 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/routers.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/routers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
+# Note, these live in django.conf.urls since 1.4, and will no longer be
+# available from django.conf.urls.defaults in 1.6.
+
 from djangorestframework.resources import ModelResource
 
 class DefaultResourceRouter (object):