diff --git a/simple_history/admin.py b/simple_history/admin.py
index 4769a207e..271228b31 100644
--- a/simple_history/admin.py
+++ b/simple_history/admin.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
-from django.contrib.admin.util import unquote
+try:
+    from django.contrib.admin.utils import unquote
+except ImportError:
+    from django.contrib.admin.util import unquote
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
 from django.utils.html import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
diff --git a/simple_history/management/commands/populate_history.py b/simple_history/management/commands/populate_history.py
index c970f4a2d..600744090 100644
--- a/simple_history/management/commands/populate_history.py
+++ b/simple_history/management/commands/populate_history.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from optparse import make_option
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
-from django.db.models.loading import get_model
-
+try:
+    from django.apps import apps
+    get_model = apps.get_model
+except (ImportError, AttributeError): # django 1.6 compatibility
+    from django.db.models.loading import get_model
 from ... import models
 from . import _populate_utils as utils
 
diff --git a/simple_history/models.py b/simple_history/models.py
index 588ff4c7f..fee46d427 100644
--- a/simple_history/models.py
+++ b/simple_history/models.py
@@ -6,12 +6,20 @@
 
 import django
 from django.db import models, router
-from django.db.models import loading
+try:
+    from django.apps import apps
+    get_app = apps.get_app
+except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+    from django.db.models.loading import get_app
 from django.db.models.fields.proxy import OrderWrt
 from django.db.models.fields.related import RelatedField
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.utils import importlib, six
+try:
+    import importlib
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils import importlib
+from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 from django.utils.timezone import now
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ def create_history_model(self, model):
         elif app_module != self.module:
             if apps is None:  # Django < 1.7
                 # has meta options with app_label
-                app = loading.get_app(model._meta.app_label)
+                app = get_app(model._meta.app_label)
                 attrs['__module__'] = app.__name__  # full dotted name
             else:
                 # Abuse an internal API because the app registry is loading.
diff --git a/simple_history/tests/tests/test_admin.py b/simple_history/tests/tests/test_admin.py
index 66ae4d079..5e547343f 100644
--- a/simple_history/tests/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/simple_history/tests/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     User = get_user_model()
 except ImportError:  # django 1.4 compatibility
     from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.contrib.admin.util import quote
+try:
+    from django.contrib.admin.utils import quote
+except ImportError:  # django 1.7 compatibility
+    from django.contrib.admin.util import quote
 from django.conf import settings
 from simple_history.models import HistoricalRecords