diff --git a/django/core/serializers/python.py b/django/core/serializers/python.py
index 249dc5a054d32..aa21598695f79 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/python.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/python.py
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ def Deserializer(object_list, **options):
 
     for d in object_list:
         # Look up the model and starting build a dict of data for it.
-        Model = _get_model(d["model"])
+        try:
+            Model = _get_model(d["model"])
+        except base.DeserializationError as e:
+            if ignore:
+                continue
+            else:
+                raise e
         data = {}
         if 'pk' in d:
             data[Model._meta.pk.attname] = Model._meta.pk.to_python(d.get("pk", None))
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 93087698a020f..b7fbff545b106 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -380,9 +380,11 @@ onto which the data will be loaded.
 
 .. django-admin-option:: --ignorenonexistent
 
-The :djadminopt:`--ignorenonexistent` option can be used to ignore fields that
-may have been removed from models since the fixture was originally generated.
+The :djadminopt:`--ignorenonexistent` option can be used to ignore fields and models that
+may have been removed since the fixture was originally generated.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.7
+    ``-ignorenonexistent`` behaviour was modified to ignore non existing models.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 1.7
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index fc1f0f81cd694..49d0dfa9113d2 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ Management Commands
 * :djadmin:`collectstatic` command with symlink option is now supported on
   Windows NT 6 (Windows Vista and newer).
 
+* The `ignorenonexistent`option of loaddata management command now ignore data
+  for models that no longer exist.
+
 Models
 ^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures_regress/fixtures/sequence_extra.json b/tests/fixtures_regress/fixtures/sequence_extra.json
index 03c0f36696bc2..6465fe5a6efda 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures_regress/fixtures/sequence_extra.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures_regress/fixtures/sequence_extra.json
@@ -9,5 +9,16 @@
             "count": 3,
             "weight": 1.2
         }
+    },
+        {
+        "pk": "1",
+        "model": "fixtures_regress.animal_extra",
+        "fields": {
+            "name": "Lion",
+            "extra_name": "Super Lion",
+            "latin_name": "Panthera leo",
+            "count": 3,
+            "weight": 1.2
+        }
     }
 ]