1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/models.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/models.py
index 7601f5b7..024f62bf 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/models.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/models.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import uuid
 import hmac
 from hashlib import sha1
-from rest_framework.compat import AUTH_USER_MODEL
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 
 
+# Prior to Django 1.5, the AUTH_USER_MODEL setting does not exist.
+# Note that we don't perform this code in the compat module due to
+# bug report #1297
+# See: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/issues/1297
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = getattr(settings, 'AUTH_USER_MODEL', 'auth.User')
+
+
 class Token(models.Model):
     """
     The default authorization token model.