diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ddc3ac17c..6471edbe4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+0.4.0-dev
+---------
+
+* Markdown < 2.0 is no longer supported.
+
 0.3.3
 -----
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 23a8075e8..d5fc0ce89 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ We also have a `Jenkins service <http://jenkins.tibold.nl/job/djangorestframewor
 Requirements:
 
 * Python (2.5, 2.6, 2.7 supported)
-* Django (1.2, 1.3, 1.4-alpha supported)
+* Django (1.2, 1.3, 1.4 supported)
 
 
 Installation Notes
diff --git a/djangorestframework/compat.py b/djangorestframework/compat.py
index 83d26f1ff..c9ae3b930 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/compat.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/compat.py
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ else:
 # Markdown is optional
 try:
     import markdown
+    if markdown.version_info < (2, 0):
+        raise ImportError('Markdown < 2.0 is not supported.')
 
     class CustomSetextHeaderProcessor(markdown.blockprocessors.BlockProcessor):
         """
diff --git a/djangorestframework/serializer.py b/djangorestframework/serializer.py
index 4886420c9..d3be94a35 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/serializer.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/serializer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Customizable serialization.
 """
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
+from django.db.models.query import QuerySet, RawQuerySet
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, is_protected_type, smart_str
 
 import inspect
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ class Serializer(object):
         else:
             stack = self.stack[:]
 
-        return related_serializer(depth=depth, stack=stack).serialize(obj)
+        return related_serializer(depth=depth, stack=stack).serialize(
+            obj, request=getattr(self, 'request', None))
 
     def serialize_max_depth(self, obj):
         """
@@ -254,15 +255,19 @@ class Serializer(object):
         """
         return smart_unicode(obj, strings_only=True)
 
-    def serialize(self, obj):
+    def serialize(self, obj, request=None):
         """
         Convert any object into a serializable representation.
         """
 
+        # Request from related serializer.
+        if request is not None:
+            self.request = request
+
         if isinstance(obj, (dict, models.Model)):
             # Model instances & dictionaries
             return self.serialize_model(obj)
-        elif isinstance(obj, (tuple, list, set, QuerySet, types.GeneratorType)):
+        elif isinstance(obj, (tuple, list, set, QuerySet, RawQuerySet, types.GeneratorType)):
             # basic iterables
             return self.serialize_iter(obj)
         elif isinstance(obj, models.Manager):
diff --git a/docs/howto/alternativeframeworks.rst b/docs/howto/alternativeframeworks.rst
index dc8d1ea65..0f668335d 100644
--- a/docs/howto/alternativeframeworks.rst
+++ b/docs/howto/alternativeframeworks.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Alternative frameworks
 There are a number of alternative REST frameworks for Django:
 
 * `django-piston <https://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/wiki/Home>`_ is very mature, and has a large community behind it.  This project was originally based on piston code in parts.
-* `django-tasypie <https://github.com/toastdriven/django-tastypie>`_ is also very good, and has a very active and helpful developer community and maintainers.
+* `django-tastypie <https://github.com/toastdriven/django-tastypie>`_ is also very good, and has a very active and helpful developer community and maintainers.
 * Other interesting projects include `dagny <https://github.com/zacharyvoase/dagny>`_ and `dj-webmachine <http://benoitc.github.com/dj-webmachine/>`_
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5cd2a28fa..79bd73532 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ setup(
     package_data=get_package_data('djangorestframework'),
     test_suite='djangorestframework.runtests.runcoverage.main',
     install_requires=['URLObject>=0.6.0'],
+    extras_require={
+        'markdown': ["Markdown>=2.0"]
+    },
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Environment :: Web Environment',