2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index 69fdd793..ba26a3cd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ except ImportError:
     from django.http import HttpResponse as HttpResponseBase
 
 
+# request only provides `resolver_match` from 1.5 onwards.
+def get_resolver_match(request):
+    try:
+        return request.resolver_match
+    except AttributeError:
+        # Django < 1.5
+        from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+        return resolve(request.path_info)
+
+
 # django-filter is optional
 try:
     import django_filters
diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 1cb65b1c..61f3ccab 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework import views
-from rest_framework.compat import OrderedDict
+from rest_framework.compat import get_resolver_match, OrderedDict
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
@@ -292,7 +292,10 @@ class DefaultRouter(SimpleRouter):
 
             def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 ret = OrderedDict()
+                namespace = get_resolver_match(request).namespace
                 for key, url_name in api_root_dict.items():
+                    if namespace:
+                        url_name = namespace + ':' + url_name
                     try:
                         ret[key] = reverse(
                             url_name,