diff --git a/examples/cookbook-plain/requirements.txt b/examples/cookbook-plain/requirements.txt
index a693bd1..362a39a 100644
--- a/examples/cookbook-plain/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/cookbook-plain/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 graphene
 graphene-django
-graphql-core
+graphql-core>=2.1rc1
 django==1.9
diff --git a/examples/cookbook/requirements.txt b/examples/cookbook/requirements.txt
index 66fa629..6261e04 100644
--- a/examples/cookbook/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/cookbook/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 graphene
 graphene-django
-graphql-core
+graphql-core>=2.1rc1
 django==1.9
 django-filter==0.11.0
diff --git a/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py b/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py
index fa62063..dd3bfb2 100644
--- a/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py
@@ -448,7 +448,11 @@ def test_handles_field_errors_caught_by_graphql(client):
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response_json(response) == {
         'data': None,
-        'errors': [{'locations': [{'column': 2, 'line': 1}], 'message': 'Throws!'}]
+        'errors': [{
+            'locations': [{'column': 2, 'line': 1}],
+            'path': ['thrower'],
+            'message': 'Throws!',
+        }]
     }
 
 
@@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ def test_handles_syntax_errors_caught_by_graphql(client):
     assert response.status_code == 400
     assert response_json(response) == {
         'errors': [{'locations': [{'column': 1, 'line': 1}],
-                    'message': 'Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) '
+                    'message': 'Syntax Error GraphQL (1:1) '
                                'Unexpected Name "syntaxerror"\n\n1: syntaxerror\n   ^\n'}]
     }
 
diff --git a/graphene_django/views.py b/graphene_django/views.py
index a8f203c..fad49db 100644
--- a/graphene_django/views.py
+++ b/graphene_django/views.py
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.generic import View
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 
-from graphql import Source, execute, parse, validate
+from graphql import get_default_backend
 from graphql.error import format_error as format_graphql_error
 from graphql.error import GraphQLError
 from graphql.execution import ExecutionResult
 from graphql.type.schema import GraphQLSchema
-from graphql.utils.get_operation_ast import get_operation_ast
 
 from .settings import graphene_settings
 
@@ -59,16 +58,20 @@ class GraphQLView(View):
     schema = None
     graphiql = False
     executor = None
+    backend = None
     middleware = None
     root_value = None
     pretty = False
     batch = False
 
     def __init__(self, schema=None, executor=None, middleware=None, root_value=None, graphiql=False, pretty=False,
-                 batch=False):
+                 batch=False, backend=None):
         if not schema:
             schema = graphene_settings.SCHEMA
 
+        if backend is None:
+            backend = get_default_backend()
+
         if middleware is None:
             middleware = graphene_settings.MIDDLEWARE
 
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ class GraphQLView(View):
         self.pretty = self.pretty or pretty
         self.graphiql = self.graphiql or graphiql
         self.batch = self.batch or batch
+        self.backend = backend
 
         assert isinstance(
             self.schema, GraphQLSchema), 'A Schema is required to be provided to GraphQLView.'
@@ -96,6 +100,9 @@ class GraphQLView(View):
     def get_context(self, request):
         return request
 
+    def get_backend(self, request):
+        return self.backend
+
     @method_decorator(ensure_csrf_cookie)
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
@@ -225,9 +232,6 @@ class GraphQLView(View):
 
         return {}
 
-    def execute(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return execute(self.schema, *args, **kwargs)
-
     def execute_graphql_request(self, request, data, query, variables, operation_name, show_graphiql=False):
         if not query:
             if show_graphiql:
@@ -235,39 +239,37 @@ class GraphQLView(View):
             raise HttpError(HttpResponseBadRequest(
                 'Must provide query string.'))
 
-        source = Source(query, name='GraphQL request')
-
         try:
-            document_ast = parse(source)
-            validation_errors = validate(self.schema, document_ast)
-            if validation_errors:
-                return ExecutionResult(
-                    errors=validation_errors,
-                    invalid=True,
-                )
+            backend = self.get_backend(request)
+            document = backend.document_from_string(self.schema, query)
         except Exception as e:
             return ExecutionResult(errors=[e], invalid=True)
 
         if request.method.lower() == 'get':
-            operation_ast = get_operation_ast(document_ast, operation_name)
-            if operation_ast and operation_ast.operation != 'query':
+            operation_type = document.get_operation_type(operation_name)
+            if operation_type and operation_type != 'query':
                 if show_graphiql:
                     return None
 
                 raise HttpError(HttpResponseNotAllowed(
                     ['POST'], 'Can only perform a {} operation from a POST request.'.format(
-                        operation_ast.operation)
+                        operation_type)
                 ))
 
         try:
-            return self.execute(
-                document_ast,
-                root_value=self.get_root_value(request),
-                variable_values=variables,
+            extra_options = {}
+            if self.executor:
+                # We only include it optionally since
+                # executor is not a valid argument in all backends
+                extra_options['executor'] = self.executor
+
+            return document.execute(
+                root=self.get_root_value(request),
+                variables=variables,
                 operation_name=operation_name,
-                context_value=self.get_context(request),
+                context=self.get_context(request),
                 middleware=self.get_middleware(request),
-                executor=self.executor,
+                **extra_options
             )
         except Exception as e:
             return ExecutionResult(errors=[e], invalid=True)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e058b4..97d34e1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         'six>=1.10.0',
         'graphene>=2.0.1,<3',
+        'graphql-core>=2.1rc1',
         django_version,
         'iso8601',
         'singledispatch>=3.4.0.3',