diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 88f8008..3871ddd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ If you're using `south <http://south.aeracode.org>`_:
         'default': 'south.db.postgresql_psycopg2'
     }
 
+If you use PostGIS (django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis):
+
+::
+
+    DATABASE_POOL_POSTGIS = True
+
 
 Everything should work as expected.
 
@@ -70,4 +76,4 @@ Check out the official `SQLAlchemy Connection Pooling <http://docs.sqlalchemy.or
 Django 1.3 Support
 ------------------
 
-django-postgrespool currently supports Django 1.4 and greater. See `this ticket <https://github.com/kennethreitz/django-postgrespool/pull/9>`_ for 1.3 support.
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+django-postgrespool currently supports Django 1.4 and greater. See `this ticket <https://github.com/kennethreitz/django-postgrespool/pull/9>`_ for 1.3 support.
diff --git a/django_postgrespool/base.py b/django_postgrespool/base.py
index d701467..6a15485 100644
--- a/django_postgrespool/base.py
+++ b/django_postgrespool/base.py
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@
 from psycopg2 import InterfaceError, ProgrammingError, OperationalError
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import *
-from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import DatabaseWrapper as Psycopg2DatabaseWrapper
-from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import CursorWrapper as DjangoCursorWrapper
-from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.creation import DatabaseCreation as Psycopg2DatabaseCreation
+
+if getattr(settings, 'DATABASE_POOL_POSTGIS', False):
+    from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.base import *
+    from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.base import DatabaseWrapper as BaseDatabaseWrapper
+    from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.base import CursorWrapper as DjangoCursorWrapper
+    from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.creation import DatabaseCreation as BaseDatabaseCreation
+else:
+    from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import *
+    from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import DatabaseWrapper as BaseDatabaseWrapper
+    from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import CursorWrapper as DjangoCursorWrapper
+    from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.creation import DatabaseCreation as BaseDatabaseCreation
 
 POOL_SETTINGS = 'DATABASE_POOL_ARGS'
 
@@ -93,14 +100,14 @@ def executemany(self, query, args):
             raise utils.DatabaseError, utils.DatabaseError(*tuple(e)), sys.exc_info()[2]
 
 
-class DatabaseCreation(Psycopg2DatabaseCreation):
+class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
     def destroy_test_db(self, *args, **kw):
         """Ensure connection pool is disposed before trying to drop database."""
         self.connection._dispose()
         super(DatabaseCreation, self).destroy_test_db(*args, **kw)
 
 
-class DatabaseWrapper(Psycopg2DatabaseWrapper):
+class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     """SQLAlchemy FTW."""
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):