From c68f7ca580989a76d335e8a12debd63f85636149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuri Prezument <y@yprez.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:57:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] blank=True fields are not required - fixes #514

---
 rest_framework/serializers.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index caa7c980f..9c53a17af 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
 
         kwargs['blank'] = model_field.blank
 
-        if model_field.null:
+        if model_field.null or model_field.blank:
             kwargs['required'] = False
 
         if model_field.has_default():