diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py b/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
index 89f90aa4..c2b56f14 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
+from collections import Iterable
 from django.db import models
 
 from ...core.types.scalars import ID, Boolean, Float, Int, String
 from ...core.classtypes.enum import Enum
+from ...utils import to_const
 from .compat import RelatedObject, UUIDField
 from .utils import get_related_model, import_single_dispatch
 
 singledispatch = import_single_dispatch()
 
 
+def convert_choices(choices):
+    for value, name in choices:
+        yield to_const(name), value
+
+
 def convert_django_field_with_choices(field):
     choices = getattr(field, 'choices', None)
     if choices:
         meta = field.model._meta
         name = '{}_{}_{}'.format(meta.app_label, meta.object_name, field.name)
-        return Enum(name.upper(), choices, description=field.help_text)
+        return Enum(name.upper(), list(convert_choices(choices)), description=field.help_text)
     return convert_django_field(field)
 
 
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/models.py b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/models.py
index 8f06dbd8..88d4ba8a 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/models.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/models.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Article(models.Model):
         ('es', 'Spanish'),
         ('en', 'English')
     ], default='es')
+    importance = models.IntegerField('Importance', null=True, blank=True,
+                                     choices=[(1, u'Very important'), (2, u'Not as important')])
 
     def __str__(self):              # __unicode__ on Python 2
         return self.headline
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
index 1582b1ba..ade56390 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ def test_field_with_choices_convert_enum():
     assert issubclass(graphene_type, graphene.Enum)
     assert graphene_type._meta.type_name == 'TEST_TRANSLATEDMODEL_LANGUAGE'
     assert graphene_type._meta.description == 'Language'
-    assert graphene_type.__enum__.__members__['es'].value == 'Spanish'
-    assert graphene_type.__enum__.__members__['en'].value == 'English'
+    assert graphene_type.__enum__.__members__['SPANISH'].value == 'es'
+    assert graphene_type.__enum__.__members__['ENGLISH'].value == 'en'
 
 
 def test_should_float_convert_float():