diff --git a/flask_restless/views/base.py b/flask_restless/views/base.py
index bd9c0bdc..fff5c740 100644
--- a/flask_restless/views/base.py
+++ b/flask_restless/views/base.py
@@ -666,8 +666,10 @@ def extract_error_messages(exception):
     # 'errors' comes from sqlalchemy_elixir_validations
     if hasattr(exception, 'errors'):
         return exception.errors
-    # 'message' comes from savalidation
-    if hasattr(exception, 'message'):
+    # 'invalid_instances' indicates a ValidationError from savalidation.
+    # 'message' also comes from savalidation.
+    if hasattr(exception, 'invalid_instances') or \
+       hasattr(exception, 'message'):
         # TODO this works only if there is one validation error
         try:
             left, right = str(exception).rsplit(':', 1)
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index b47f0e95..7c26655c 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -r requirements.txt
-savalidation
+savalidation>=0.4.0
 unittest2
 
 # For testing PostgreSQL specific operations...
diff --git a/tests/test_validation.py b/tests/test_validation.py
index 9a3fa564..5c81546e 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 from sqlalchemy.orm import validates
 
-# for SAValidation package on pypi.python.org
 try:
-    import savalidation as _sav
-    import savalidation.validators as sav
+    from savalidation import ValidationError
+    from savalidation import ValidationMixin
+    from savalidation.validators import validates_presence_of
+    from savalidation.validators import validates_email
 except:
     has_savalidation = False
 else:
-    sav_version = tuple(int(n) for n in _sav.VERSION.split('.'))
     has_savalidation = True
 
 from .helpers import check_sole_error
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ def test_updating_relationship_invalid(self):
         assert person.articles == []
 
 
-@skip_unless(has_savalidation and sav_version >= (0, 2) and
-             sys.version_info < (3, ), 'savalidation not found.')
+@skip_unless(has_savalidation, 'savalidation not found.')
 class TestSAValidation(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for validation errors raised by the ``savalidation`` package. For
     more information about this package, see `its PyPI page
@@ -268,17 +267,17 @@ def setUp(self):
         """Create APIs for the validated models."""
         super(TestSAValidation, self).setUp()
 
-        class Person(self.Base, _sav.ValidationMixin):
+        class Person(self.Base, ValidationMixin):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
             id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
             email = Column(Unicode)
 
-            sav.validates_presence_of('email')
-            sav.validates_email('email')
+            validates_presence_of('email')
+            validates_email('email')
 
         self.Person = Person
         self.Base.metadata.create_all()
-        exceptions = [_sav.ValidationError]
+        exceptions = [ValidationError]
         self.manager.create_api(Person, methods=['POST', 'PATCH'],
                                 validation_exceptions=exceptions)