diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b078045..1495f54 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ env:
   - DJANGO=django==1.4
   - DJANGO=django==1.5
   - DJANGO=django==1.6
-  #- DJANGO=https://github.com/django/django/tarball/stable/1.6.x
+  - DJANGO=https://www.djangoproject.com/download/1.7b1/tarball/
 matrix:
   exclude:
     # Django < 1.5 not supported on python 3
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ matrix:
       env: DJANGO=django==1.5
     - python: "2.6"
       env: DJANGO=django==1.6
+    - python: "2.6"
+      env: DJANGO=django==https://www.djangoproject.com/download/1.7b1/tarball/
 install:
   - pip install -q $DJANGO --use-mirrors
   - pip install . --use-mirrors
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e218953..d6388be 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ package. It includes:
   via Django signals
 * An optional Django admin interface
 
-Djrill is released under the BSD license. It is tested against Django 1.3---1.6
+Djrill is released under the BSD license. It is tested against Django 1.3---1.7b1
 (including Python 3 support with Django 1.5+).
 
 .. END shared-intro
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index f38a567..aa7cf63 100644
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ settings.configure(
     )
 )
 
+try:
+    # Django 1.7+ initialize app registry
+    from django import setup
+    setup()
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 try:
     from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner as TestRunner  # Django 1.6+