diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
index 86460b4b6..3126c0c2b 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ Be default, `HyperlinkedRelatedField` is read-write, although you can change thi
 * `view_name` - The view name that should be used as the target of the relationship.  **required**.
 * `format` - If using format suffixes, hyperlinked fields will use the same format suffix for the target unless overridden by using the `format` argument.
 * `queryset` - All relational fields must either set a queryset, or set `read_only=True`
+* `slug_url_kwarg` - The named url parameter for the slug field lookup. Default is `slug`
+* `slug_field` - The field on the target that should be used for the lookup. Default is `slug`
 
 ## HyperLinkedIdentityField
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index dc726a326..f5d3dea8a 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -503,9 +503,17 @@ class HyperlinkedRelatedField(RelatedField):
             self.view_name = kwargs.pop('view_name')
         except:
             raise ValueError("Hyperlinked field requires 'view_name' kwarg")
+        self.slug_url_kwarg = kwargs.pop('slug_url_kwarg', self.slug_url_kwarg)
+        self.slug_field = kwargs.pop('slug_field', self.slug_field)
         self.format = kwargs.pop('format', None)
         super(HyperlinkedRelatedField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_slug_field(self):
+        """
+        Get the name of a slug field to be used to look up by slug.
+        """
+        return self.slug_field
+
     def to_native(self, obj):
         view_name = self.view_name
         request = self.context.get('request', None)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/hyperlinkedserializers.py b/rest_framework/tests/hyperlinkedserializers.py
index 147943c6f..f991c3b52 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/hyperlinkedserializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/hyperlinkedserializers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from rest_framework import generics, status, serializers
-from rest_framework.tests.models import Anchor, BasicModel, ManyToManyModel, BlogPost, BlogPostComment
+from rest_framework.tests.models import Anchor, BasicModel, ManyToManyModel, BlogPost, BlogPostComment, Album, Photo
 
 factory = RequestFactory()
 
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ class BlogPostCommentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         fields = ('text', 'blog_post_url')
 
 
+class PhotoSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    description = serializers.CharField()
+    album_url = serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField(source='album', view_name='album-detail', queryset=Album.objects.all(), slug_field='title', slug_url_kwarg='title')
+
+    def restore_object(self, attrs, instance=None):
+        return Photo(**attrs)
+
+
 class BasicList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     model = BasicModel
     model_serializer_class = serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer
@@ -49,6 +57,16 @@ class BlogPostCommentListCreate(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
 class BlogPostDetail(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
     model = BlogPost
 
+
+class PhotoListCreate(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    model = Photo
+    model_serializer_class = PhotoSerializer
+
+
+class AlbumDetail(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
+    model = Album
+
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^basic/$', BasicList.as_view(), name='basicmodel-list'),
     url(r'^basic/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', BasicDetail.as_view(), name='basicmodel-detail'),
@@ -56,7 +74,9 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^manytomany/$', ManyToManyList.as_view(), name='manytomanymodel-list'),
     url(r'^manytomany/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', ManyToManyDetail.as_view(), name='manytomanymodel-detail'),
     url(r'^posts/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', BlogPostDetail.as_view(), name='blogpost-detail'),
-    url(r'^comments/$', BlogPostCommentListCreate.as_view(), name='blogpostcomment-list')
+    url(r'^comments/$', BlogPostCommentListCreate.as_view(), name='blogpostcomment-list'),
+    url(r'^albums/(?P<title>\w[\w-]*)/$', AlbumDetail.as_view(), name='album-detail'),
+    url(r'^photos/$', PhotoListCreate.as_view(), name='photo-list')
 )
 
 
@@ -167,3 +187,27 @@ class TestCreateWithForeignKeys(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
         self.assertEqual(self.post.blogpostcomment_set.count(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(self.post.blogpostcomment_set.all()[0].text, 'A test comment')
+
+
+class TestCreateWithForeignKeysAndCustomSlug(TestCase):
+    urls = 'rest_framework.tests.hyperlinkedserializers'
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Create an Album
+        """
+        self.post = Album.objects.create(title='test-album')
+        self.list_create_view = PhotoListCreate.as_view()
+
+    def test_create_photo(self):
+
+        data = {
+            'description': 'A test photo',
+            'album_url': 'http://testserver/albums/test-album/'
+        }
+
+        request = factory.post('/photos/', data=data)
+        response = self.list_create_view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+        self.assertEqual(self.post.photo_set.count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.post.photo_set.all()[0].description, 'A test photo')
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/models.py b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
index 1a0078e8b..0e23734ed 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/models.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ class BlogPostComment(RESTFrameworkModel):
     blog_post = models.ForeignKey(BlogPost)
 
 
+class Album(RESTFrameworkModel):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
+
+
+class Photo(RESTFrameworkModel):
+    description = models.TextField()
+    album = models.ForeignKey(Album)
+
+
 class Person(RESTFrameworkModel):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=10)
     age = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)