From aa013a428948802dff9c8ca00df3b7af6faf139b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marko Tibold <marko@tibold.nl>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:18:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #421

---
 rest_framework/serializers.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 0f943ac15..e5c057fbe 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -427,6 +427,12 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
             kwargs['choices'] = model_field.flatchoices
             return ChoiceField(**kwargs)
 
+        max_length = getattr(model_field, 'max_length', None)
+        if max_length:
+            if not isinstance(model_field, models.CharField):
+                import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+            kwargs['max_length'] = max_length
+
         field_mapping = {
             models.FloatField: FloatField,
             models.IntegerField: IntegerField,