diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index e435618a2..759cd1fbc 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ versions of Django/Python, and compatibility wrappers around optional packages.
 # flake8: noqa
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import inspect
+
 import django
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import connection, transaction
@@ -136,11 +138,43 @@ if six.PY3:
     SHORT_SEPARATORS = (',', ':')
     LONG_SEPARATORS = (', ', ': ')
     INDENT_SEPARATORS = (',', ': ')
+
+    def is_simple_callable(obj):
+        function = inspect.isfunction(obj)
+        method = inspect.ismethod(obj)
+
+        if not (function or method):
+            return False
+        # when we drop support of python3.2, we should replace getfullargspec with singnature
+        # signature = inspect.signature(obj)
+        # defaults = [p for p in signature.parameters.values() if p.default is not inspect.Parameter.empty]
+        # return len(signature.parameters) <= len(defaults)
+        function = inspect.isfunction(obj)
+        args, _, _, defaults, _, kwonly, kwdefaults = inspect.getfullargspec(obj)
+        len_args = (len(args) if function else len(args) - 1) + len(kwonly or ()) + len(kwdefaults or ())
+        len_defaults = (len(defaults) if defaults else 0) + len(kwdefaults or ())
+        return len_args <= len_defaults
+
 else:
     SHORT_SEPARATORS = (b',', b':')
     LONG_SEPARATORS = (b', ', b': ')
     INDENT_SEPARATORS = (b',', b': ')
 
+    def is_simple_callable(obj):
+        """
+        True if the object is a callable that takes no arguments.
+        """
+        function = inspect.isfunction(obj)
+        method = inspect.ismethod(obj)
+
+        if not (function or method):
+            return False
+
+        args, _, _, defaults = inspect.getargspec(obj)
+        len_args = len(args) if function else len(args) - 1
+        len_defaults = len(defaults) if defaults else 0
+        return len_args <= len_defaults
+
 try:
     # DecimalValidator is unavailable in Django < 1.9
     from django.core.validators import DecimalValidator
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 643aa762f..0e79cf918 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from django.utils.ipv6 import clean_ipv6_address
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from rest_framework import ISO_8601
-from rest_framework.compat import unicode_repr, unicode_to_repr
+from rest_framework.compat import unicode_repr, unicode_to_repr, is_simple_callable
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.utils import html, humanize_datetime, representation
@@ -46,24 +46,6 @@ class empty:
     pass
 
 
-def is_simple_callable(obj):
-    """
-    True if the object is a callable that takes no arguments.
-    """
-    function = inspect.isfunction(obj)
-    method = inspect.ismethod(obj)
-
-    if not (function or method):
-        return False
-    if six.PY2:
-        args, _, _, defaults = inspect.getargspec(obj)
-    else:
-        args, _, _, defaults, _, _, _ = inspect.getfullargspec(obj)
-    len_args = len(args) if function else len(args) - 1
-    len_defaults = len(defaults) if defaults else 0
-    return len_args <= len_defaults
-
-
 def get_attribute(instance, attrs):
     """
     Similar to Python's built in `getattr(instance, attr)`,
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 572b69170..554a8c943 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from rest_framework.compat import is_simple_callable
 from rest_framework.fields import (
-    Field, empty, get_attribute, is_simple_callable, iter_options
+    Field, empty, get_attribute, iter_options
 )
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.utils import html
diff --git a/tests/compat/__init__.py b/tests/compat/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/compat/test_compat_py35.py b/tests/compat/test_compat_py35.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19b849b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compat/test_compat_py35.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class FunctionSimplicityCheckPy35Mixin:
+    def get_good_cases(self):
+        def annotated_simple() -> int:
+            return 0
+
+        def annotated_defaults(x: int = 0) -> int:
+            return 0
+
+        def kwonly_defaults(*, x=0):
+            pass
+        return super().get_good_cases() + (annotated_simple, annotated_defaults, kwonly_defaults)
+
+    def get_bad_cases(self):
+        def kwonly(*, x):
+            pass
+
+        return super().get_bad_cases() + (kwonly,)
diff --git a/tests/test_compat.py b/tests/test_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0c40ce34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import pytest
+import sys
+
+from rest_framework.compat import is_simple_callable
+
+
+class TestFunctionSimplicityCheck:
+    def get_good_cases(self):
+        def simple():
+            pass
+
+        def simple_with_default(x=0):
+            pass
+
+        class SimpleMethods(object):
+            def simple(self):
+                pass
+
+            def simple_with_default(self, x=0):
+                pass
+
+        return simple, simple_with_default, SimpleMethods().simple, SimpleMethods().simple_with_default
+
+    def get_bad_cases(self):
+        def positional(x):
+            pass
+
+        def many_positional_and_defaults(x, y, z=0):
+            pass
+
+        nofunc = 0
+
+        class Callable:
+            pass
+
+        return positional, many_positional_and_defaults, nofunc, Callable
+
+    def test_good_cases(self):
+        for case in self.get_good_cases():
+            assert is_simple_callable(case)
+
+    def test_bad_cases(self):
+        for case in self.get_bad_cases():
+            assert not is_simple_callable(case)
+
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
+    from tests.compat.test_compat_py35 import FunctionSimplicityCheckPy35Mixin
+
+    class TestFunctionSimplicityCheckPy35(FunctionSimplicityCheckPy35Mixin, TestFunctionSimplicityCheck):
+        pass