diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index c7d57d01..13070b5e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -202,4 +202,5 @@ that much better:
  * François Schmidts (https://github.com/jaesivsm)
  * Eric Plumb (https://github.com/professorplumb)
  * Damien Churchill (https://github.com/damoxc)
- * Aleksandr Sorokoumov (https://github.com/Gerrrr)
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+ * Aleksandr Sorokoumov (https://github.com/Gerrrr)
+ * Clay McClure (https://github.com/claymation)
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diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index de41dd5b..2d9a34c2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 Changes in 0.9.X - DEV
 ======================
 
+- Allow strings to be used in index creation #675
 - Fixed EmbeddedDoc weakref proxy issue #592
 - Fixed nested reference field distinct error #583
 - Fixed change tracking on nested MapFields #539
diff --git a/tests/document/indexes.py b/tests/document/indexes.py
index cf6122a3..3fc38092 100644
--- a/tests/document/indexes.py
+++ b/tests/document/indexes.py
@@ -727,5 +727,20 @@ class IndexesTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          report.to_mongo())
         self.assertEqual(report, Report.objects.get(pk=my_key))
 
+
+    def test_string_indexes(self):
+
+        class MyDoc(Document):
+            provider_ids = DictField()
+            meta = {
+                "indexes": ["provider_ids.foo", "provider_ids.bar"],
+            }
+
+        info = MyDoc.objects._collection.index_information()
+        info = [value['key'] for key, value in info.iteritems()]
+        self.assertTrue([('provider_ids.foo', 1)] in info)
+        self.assertTrue([('provider_ids.bar', 1)] in info)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()