diff --git a/awx/main/compat.py b/awx/main/compat.py
index dae7e85e25..42ce2f7962 100644
--- a/awx/main/compat.py
+++ b/awx/main/compat.py
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ except ImportError:
     class RequireDebugTrue(logging.Filter):
         def filter(self, record):
             return settings.DEBUG
+
+try:
+    from django.utils.text import slugify
+except ImportError:
+    from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
diff --git a/awx/main/models/__init__.py b/awx/main/models/__init__.py
index e4036edd58..cf827dad04 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.utils.timezone import now
-from django.utils.text import slugify
 
 # Django-JSONField
 from jsonfield import JSONField
@@ -30,6 +29,9 @@ from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 # Django-Celery
 from djcelery.models import TaskMeta
 
+# AWX
+from awx.main.compat import slugify
+
 __all__ = ['PrimordialModel', 'Organization', 'Team', 'Project',
            'ProjectUpdate', 'Credential', 'Inventory', 'Host', 'Group',
            'Permission', 'JobTemplate', 'Job', 'JobHostSummary', 'JobEvent',