diff --git a/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py b/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py
index dd5d9dc3c..03bfc2162 100644
--- a/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
+PASSWORD_HASHERS = (
+    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.SHA1PasswordHasher',
+    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.PBKDF2PasswordHasher',
+    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.PBKDF2SHA1PasswordHasher',
+    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.BCryptPasswordHasher',
+    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher',
+    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.CryptPasswordHasher',
+)
+
 import django
 
 if django.VERSION < (1, 3):