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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from tests.accounts.serializers import AccountSerializer
+
+
+class ImportingModelSerializerTests(TestCase):
+    """
+    In some situations like, GH #1225, it is possible, especially in
+    testing, to import a serializer who's related models have not yet
+    been resolved by Django. `AccountSerializer` is an example of such
+    a serializer (imported at the top of this file).
+    """
+    def test_import_model_serializer(self):
+        """
+        The serializer at the top of this file should have been
+        imported successfully, and we should be able to instantiate it.
+        """
+        self.assertIsInstance(AccountSerializer(), serializers.ModelSerializer)