diff --git a/djangorestframework/urlresolvers.py b/djangorestframework/urlresolvers.py
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+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
+def reverse(viewname, urlconf=None, args=None, kwargs=None, prefix=None, current_app=None):
+    raise NotImplementedError