diff --git a/rest_framework/filters.py b/rest_framework/filters.py
index 366577519..faeac5024 100644
--- a/rest_framework/filters.py
+++ b/rest_framework/filters.py
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ from functools import reduce
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.constants import LOOKUP_SEP
-from django.template import loader
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from rest_framework.compat import coreapi, coreschema, distinct
+from rest_framework.renderers import loader
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/pagination.py b/rest_framework/pagination.py
index a73f2e526..e8e47ad63 100644
--- a/rest_framework/pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/pagination.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ from urllib import parse
 
 from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator as DjangoPaginator
-from django.template import loader
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from rest_framework.compat import coreapi, coreschema
 from rest_framework.exceptions import NotFound
+from rest_framework.renderers import loader
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.utils.urls import remove_query_param, replace_query_param
diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index a96fa6e65..3dab9026b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.paginator import Page
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
-from django.template import engines, loader
+from django.template import engines, loader as django_template_loader
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils.html import mark_safe
 
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ from rest_framework.utils.field_mapping import ClassLookupDict
 def zero_as_none(value):
     return None if value == 0 else value
 
+class TemplateEngineLoader(object):
+    """
+    In case a project uses multiple template engines
+    this class enhances the used `loader.get_template`
+    and `loader.select_template` by specifying the `NAME`
+    for the used template engine.
+    See also: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/templates/#configuration
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.engine_name = api_settings.DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_ENGINE
+    def get_template(self, template_name):
+        return django_template_loader.get_template(template_name, using=self.engine_name)
+    def select_template(self, template_name_list, using=None):
+        return django_template_loader.select_template(template_name_list, using=self.engine_name)
+
+loader = TemplateEngineLoader()
+
 
 class BaseRenderer:
     """
diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 9eb4c5653..1378a3752 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     },
     'NUM_PROXIES': None,
 
+    # Custom template engine NAME
+    'DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_ENGINE': None
+
     # Pagination
     'PAGE_SIZE': None,
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
index 79dd953ff..76e0c23fd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
+++ b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ import re
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django import template
-from django.template import loader
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str, iri_to_uri
 from django.utils.html import escape, format_html, smart_urlquote
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeData, mark_safe
 
 from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown, pygments_highlight
-from rest_framework.renderers import HTMLFormRenderer
+from rest_framework.renderers import HTMLFormRenderer, loader
 from rest_framework.utils.urls import replace_query_param
 
 register = template.Library()
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers.py b/tests/test_renderers.py
index 71c5fb3f6..af25ad21a 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers.py
+++ b/tests/test_renderers.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.db import models
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
-from django.template import loader
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeText
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -17,7 +16,8 @@ from rest_framework.compat import coreapi
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.renderers import (
     AdminRenderer, BaseRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer, DocumentationRenderer,
-    HTMLFormRenderer, JSONRenderer, SchemaJSRenderer, StaticHTMLRenderer
+    HTMLFormRenderer, JSONRenderer, SchemaJSRenderer, StaticHTMLRenderer,
+    loader
 )
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response