diff --git a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09daf0888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$(document).ready(function() {
+  $('form').ajaxForm();
+});
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html
index caa114c8c..50833af28 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html
@@ -256,11 +256,7 @@
         <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/bootstrap.min.js" %}"></script>
         <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/prettify-min.js" %}"></script>
         <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/default.js" %}"></script>
-        <script>
-          $(document).ready(function() {
-            $('form').ajaxForm();
-          });
-        </script>
+        <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js" %}"></script>
       {% endblock %}
     </body>
   {% endblock %}
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
index 82afac1e5..46666281b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
@@ -299,11 +299,7 @@
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/bootstrap.min.js" %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/prettify-min.js" %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/default.js" %}"></script>
-      <script>
-        $(document).ready(function() {
-          $('form').ajaxForm();
-        });
-      </script>
+      <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js" %}"></script>
     {% endblock %}
 
   </body>