diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 352d0c77..f934f5e0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Changes in 0.8.X
 - Dynamic fields are now validated on save (#153) (#154)
 - Added support for multiple slices and made slicing chainable. (#170) (#190) (#191)
 - Fixed GridFSProxy __getattr__ behaviour (#196)
+- Fix Django timezone support (#151)
 
 Changes in 0.7.9
 ================
diff --git a/mongoengine/django/auth.py b/mongoengine/django/auth.py
index 1685f6f0..6cee9c0a 100644
--- a/mongoengine/django/auth.py
+++ b/mongoengine/django/auth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
-
 from mongoengine import *
 
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ except ImportError:
         hash = get_hexdigest(algo, salt, raw_password)
         return '%s$%s$%s' % (algo, salt, hash)
 
+from .utils import datetime_now
 
 REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME = 'next'
 
@@ -62,9 +61,9 @@ class User(Document):
     is_superuser = BooleanField(default=False,
                                 verbose_name=_('superuser status'),
                                 help_text=_("Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them."))
-    last_login = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now,
+    last_login = DateTimeField(default=datetime_now,
                                verbose_name=_('last login'))
-    date_joined = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now,
+    date_joined = DateTimeField(default=datetime_now,
                                 verbose_name=_('date joined'))
 
     meta = {
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ class User(Document):
         """Create (and save) a new user with the given username, password and
         email address.
         """
-        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        now = datetime_now()
 
         # Normalize the address by lowercasing the domain part of the email
         # address.
diff --git a/mongoengine/django/sessions.py b/mongoengine/django/sessions.py
index 810b6265..85ca25a0 100644
--- a/mongoengine/django/sessions.py
+++ b/mongoengine/django/sessions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from datetime import datetime
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase, CreateError
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
@@ -10,6 +8,8 @@ from mongoengine import fields
 from mongoengine.queryset import OperationError
 from mongoengine.connection import DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME
 
+from .utils import datetime_now
+
 
 MONGOENGINE_SESSION_DB_ALIAS = getattr(
     settings, 'MONGOENGINE_SESSION_DB_ALIAS',
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class SessionStore(SessionBase):
     def load(self):
         try:
             s = MongoSession.objects(session_key=self.session_key,
-                                     expire_date__gt=datetime.now())[0]
+                                     expire_date__gt=datetime_now)[0]
             if MONGOENGINE_SESSION_DATA_ENCODE:
                 return self.decode(force_unicode(s.session_data))
             else:
diff --git a/mongoengine/django/utils.py b/mongoengine/django/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3ef8a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mongoengine/django/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+try:
+    # django >= 1.4
+    from django.utils.timezone import now as datetime_now
+except ImportError:
+    from datetime import datetime
+    datetime_now = datetime.now
diff --git a/tests/test_django.py b/tests/test_django.py
index 398fd3e0..3b0b04f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_django.py
+++ b/tests/test_django.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ try:
     from django.conf import settings
     from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 
-    settings.configure()
+    settings.configure(USE_TZ=True)
 
     from django.contrib.sessions.tests import SessionTestsMixin
     from mongoengine.django.sessions import SessionStore, MongoSession
@@ -24,6 +24,37 @@ except Exception, err:
         raise err
 
 
+from datetime import tzinfo, timedelta
+ZERO = timedelta(0)
+
+class FixedOffset(tzinfo):
+    """Fixed offset in minutes east from UTC."""
+
+    def __init__(self, offset, name):
+        self.__offset = timedelta(minutes = offset)
+        self.__name = name
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return self.__offset
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return self.__name
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        return ZERO
+
+
+def activate_timezone(tz):
+    """Activate Django timezone support if it is available.
+    """
+    try:
+        from django.utils import timezone
+        timezone.deactivate()
+        timezone.activate(tz)
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+
 class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -120,3 +151,15 @@ class MongoDBSessionTest(SessionTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         session['test'] = True
         session.save()
         self.assertTrue('test' in session)
+
+    def test_session_expiration_tz(self):
+        activate_timezone(FixedOffset(60, 'UTC+1'))
+        # create and save new session
+        session = SessionStore()
+        session.set_expiry(600) # expire in 600 seconds
+        session['test_expire'] = True
+        session.save()
+        # reload session with key
+        key = session.session_key
+        session = SessionStore(key)
+        self.assertTrue('test_expire' in session, 'Session has expired before it is expected')