diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index d155f5542..da276b40f 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -599,3 +599,8 @@ except ImportError:
         klass.__unicode__ = klass.__str__
         klass.__str__ = lambda self: self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
         return klass
+
+if django.VERSION >= (1, 7):
+    from collections import OrderedDict
+else:
+    from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict as OrderedDict
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 16035062d..477a69826 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import datetime
 import inspect
 import re
 import warnings
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from decimal import Decimal, DecimalException
 from django import forms
 from django.core import validators
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework import ISO_8601
 from rest_framework.compat import (
     timezone, parse_date, parse_datetime, parse_time, BytesIO, six, smart_text,
-    force_text, is_non_str_iterable
+    force_text, is_non_str_iterable, OrderedDict
 )
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py b/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
index e0ff53780..26d0fa3bd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 Helper classes for parsers.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from rest_framework.compat import timezone, force_text
+from rest_framework.compat import timezone, force_text, OrderedDict
 from rest_framework.serializers import DictWithMetadata, OrderedDictWithMetadata
 import datetime
 import decimal
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 9d96b8014..17d7701f1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ Provides an APIView class that is the base of all views in REST framework.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from rest_framework import status, exceptions
-from rest_framework.compat import smart_text, HttpResponseBase, View
+from rest_framework.compat import smart_text, HttpResponseBase, OrderedDict, View
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings