diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 22fd6e740..748c1512b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -258,6 +258,22 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     media_type = 'text/html'
     format = 'api'
     template = 'rest_framework/api.html'
+    field_mapping = {
+        serializers.FloatField: forms.FloatField,
+        serializers.IntegerField: forms.IntegerField,
+        serializers.DateTimeField: forms.DateTimeField,
+        serializers.DateField: forms.DateField,
+        serializers.EmailField: forms.EmailField,
+        serializers.CharField: forms.CharField,
+        serializers.ChoiceField: forms.ChoiceField,
+        serializers.BooleanField: forms.BooleanField,
+        serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField: forms.ChoiceField,
+        serializers.ManyPrimaryKeyRelatedField: forms.MultipleChoiceField,
+        serializers.SlugRelatedField: forms.ChoiceField,
+        serializers.ManySlugRelatedField: forms.MultipleChoiceField,
+        serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField: forms.ChoiceField,
+        serializers.ManyHyperlinkedRelatedField: forms.MultipleChoiceField
+    }
 
     def get_default_renderer(self, view):
         """
@@ -306,22 +322,6 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         return True
 
     def serializer_to_form_fields(self, serializer):
-        field_mapping = {
-            serializers.FloatField: forms.FloatField,
-            serializers.IntegerField: forms.IntegerField,
-            serializers.DateTimeField: forms.DateTimeField,
-            serializers.DateField: forms.DateField,
-            serializers.EmailField: forms.EmailField,
-            serializers.CharField: forms.CharField,
-            serializers.ChoiceField: forms.ChoiceField,
-            serializers.BooleanField: forms.BooleanField,
-            serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField: forms.ChoiceField,
-            serializers.ManyPrimaryKeyRelatedField: forms.MultipleChoiceField,
-            serializers.SlugRelatedField: forms.ChoiceField,
-            serializers.ManySlugRelatedField: forms.MultipleChoiceField,
-            serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField: forms.ChoiceField,
-            serializers.ManyHyperlinkedRelatedField: forms.MultipleChoiceField
-        }
 
         fields = {}
         for k, v in serializer.get_fields(True).items():
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
             kwargs['label'] = k
 
             try:
-                fields[k] = field_mapping[v.__class__](**kwargs)
+                fields[k] = self.field_mapping[v.__class__](**kwargs)
             except KeyError:
                 if getattr(v, 'choices', None) is not None:
                     fields[k] = forms.ChoiceField(**kwargs)
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 4f68ada68..522878e47 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     """
     _options_class = HyperlinkedModelSerializerOptions
     _default_view_name = '%(model_name)s-detail'
+    _default_view_namespace =   None                    # default: no namespace is prepend to view_name
 
     url = HyperlinkedIdentityField()
 
@@ -497,7 +498,14 @@ class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             'app_label': model_meta.app_label,
             'model_name': model_meta.object_name.lower()
         }
-        return self._default_view_name % format_kwargs
+        view_name = self._default_view_name % format_kwargs
+        if self._default_view_namespace:
+            return "%(namespace)s:%(view)s" %  {
+                'view': view_name,
+                'namespace': self._default_view_namespace
+            }
+        else:
+            return view_name
 
     def get_pk_field(self, model_field):
         return None