diff --git a/django_mongoengine/mongo_auth/models.py b/django_mongoengine/mongo_auth/models.py
index 0a0d89f..264254e 100644
--- a/django_mongoengine/mongo_auth/models.py
+++ b/django_mongoengine/mongo_auth/models.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
 
 
-class User(BaseUser, document.Document):
+class AbstractUser(BaseUser, document.Document):
     """A User document that aims to mirror most of the API specified by Django
     at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#users
     """
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class User(BaseUser, document.Document):
     REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['email']
 
     meta = {
-        'allow_inheritance': True,
+        'abstract': True,
         'indexes': [
             {'fields': ['username'], 'unique': True, 'sparse': True}
         ]
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ def get_profile(self):
         return self._profile_cache
 
 
+class User(AbstractUser):
+    meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
+
 class MongoUser(BaseUser, models.Model):
     """"
     Dummy user model for Django.