diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 633a0438..195f739d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -181,3 +181,4 @@ that much better:
  * Alexandr Morozov (https://github.com/LK4D4)
  * mishudark (https://github.com/mishudark)
  * Joe Friedl (https://github.com/grampajoe)
+ * Daniel Ward (https://github.com/danielward)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 35a02f85..334b1a24 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.8.5
 ================
+- Added app_label to MongoUser (#484)
 - Use defaults when host and port are passed as None (#483)
 - Fixed distinct casting issue with ListField of EmbeddedDocuments (#470)
 - Fixed Django 1.6 sessions (#454, #480)
diff --git a/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py b/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py
index d4947a23..c391fc9d 100644
--- a/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py
+++ b/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py
@@ -105,3 +105,6 @@ class MongoUser(models.Model):
     """
 
     objects = MongoUserManager()
+
+    class Meta:
+        app_label = 'mongo_auth'