diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/detail.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/detail.html
index 759fa163d..42cd1a36d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/detail.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/detail.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% load rest_framework %}
 <table class="table table-striped">
   <tbody>
-    {% for key, value in results.items %}
+    {% for key, value in results|items %}
       {% if key in details %}
         <tr><th>{{ key|capfirst }}</th><td {{ value|add_nested_class }}>{{ value|format_value }}</td></tr>
       {% endif %}
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/dict_value.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/dict_value.html
index 3392c901b..ef47b7228 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/dict_value.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/dict_value.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {% load rest_framework %}
 <table class="table table-striped">
   <tbody>
-    {% for key, value in value.items %}
+    {% for k, v in value|items %}
       <tr>
-        <th>{{ key|format_value }}</th>
-        <td>{{ value|format_value }}</td>
+        <th>{{ k|format_value }}</th>
+        <td>{{ v|format_value }}</td>
       </tr>
     {% endfor %}
   </tbody>
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/list.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/list.html
index 6044ebb38..fd394d44e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/list.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin/list.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <tbody>
     {% for row in results %}
       <tr>
-        {% for key, value in row.items %}
+        {% for key, value in row|items %}
           {% if key in columns %}
             <td {{ value|add_nested_class }} >
               {{ value|format_value }}
diff --git a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
index cfba054f6..d62ac4800 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
+++ b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ def format_value(value):
     return six.text_type(value)
 
 
+@register.filter
+def items(value):
+    """
+    Simple filter to return the items of the dict. Useful when the dict may
+    have a key 'items' which is resolved first in Django tempalte dot-notation
+    lookup.  See issue #4931
+    Also see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15416662/django-template-loop-over-dictionary-items-with-items-as-key
+    """
+    return value.items()
+
+
 @register.filter
 def add_nested_class(value):
     if isinstance(value, dict):
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers.py b/tests/test_renderers.py
index eba5b8104..12ac2dfc8 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers.py
+++ b/tests/test_renderers.py
@@ -648,3 +648,47 @@ class AdminRendererTests(TestCase):
         assert result == ''
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_303_SEE_OTHER
         assert response['Location'] == 'http://example.com'
+
+    def test_render_dict(self):
+        factory = APIRequestFactory()
+
+        class DummyView(APIView):
+            renderer_classes = (AdminRenderer, )
+
+            def get(self, request):
+                return Response({'foo': 'a string'})
+        view = DummyView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        response = view(request)
+        response.render()
+        self.assertInHTML('<tr><th>Foo</th><td>a string</td></tr>', str(response.content))
+
+    def test_render_dict_with_items_key(self):
+        factory = APIRequestFactory()
+
+        class DummyView(APIView):
+            renderer_classes = (AdminRenderer, )
+
+            def get(self, request):
+                return Response({'items': 'a string'})
+
+        view = DummyView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        response = view(request)
+        response.render()
+        self.assertInHTML('<tr><th>Items</th><td>a string</td></tr>', str(response.content))
+
+    def test_render_dict_with_iteritems_key(self):
+        factory = APIRequestFactory()
+
+        class DummyView(APIView):
+            renderer_classes = (AdminRenderer, )
+
+            def get(self, request):
+                return Response({'iteritems': 'a string'})
+
+        view = DummyView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        response = view(request)
+        response.render()
+        self.assertInHTML('<tr><th>Iteritems</th><td>a string</td></tr>', str(response.content))