diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 01cf5ae3d..1be575a25 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ class EmailField(CharField):
 
 class DateField(WritableField):
     type_name = 'DateField'
+    widget = widgets.DateInput
 
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u"'%s' value has an invalid date format. It must be "
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ class DateField(WritableField):
 
 class DateTimeField(WritableField):
     type_name = 'DateTimeField'
+    widget = widgets.DateTimeInput
 
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u"'%s' value has an invalid format. It must be in "