diff --git a/compressor/base.py b/compressor/base.py
index 8c53db2..624a273 100644
--- a/compressor/base.py
+++ b/compressor/base.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import with_statement, unicode_literals
 import os
 import codecs
 
+import django
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-from django.template import Context
-from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 try:
     from importlib import import_module
 except:
@@ -32,6 +31,18 @@ SOURCE_HUNK, SOURCE_FILE = 'inline', 'file'
 METHOD_INPUT, METHOD_OUTPUT = 'input', 'output'
 
 
+if django.VERSION < (1, 8):
+    # Provide render_to_string that is similar to Django 1.8 version, for our
+    # needs, using what < 1.8 provides:
+    from django.template.loader import render_to_string as django_render_to_string
+
+    def render_to_string(template_name, context=None):
+        return django_render_to_string(template_name, dictionary=context)
+
+else:
+    from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+
+
 class Compressor(object):
     """
     Base compressor object to be subclassed for content type
@@ -347,8 +358,14 @@ class Compressor(object):
 
         self.context['compressed'].update(context or {})
         self.context['compressed'].update(self.extra_context)
-        final_context = Context(self.context)
+        if hasattr(self.context, 'flatten'):
+            # Django 1.8 complains about Context being passed to its
+            # Template.render function.
+            final_context = self.context.flatten()
+        else:
+            final_context = self.context
+
         post_compress.send(sender=self.__class__, type=self.type,
                            mode=mode, context=final_context)
         template_name = self.get_template_name(mode)
-        return render_to_string(template_name, context_instance=final_context)
+        return render_to_string(template_name, context=final_context)
diff --git a/compressor/management/commands/compress.py b/compressor/management/commands/compress.py
index 629d9cd..7b706fa 100644
--- a/compressor/management/commands/compress.py
+++ b/compressor/management/commands/compress.py
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
             dest="engine"),
     )
 
-    requires_model_validation = False
-
     def get_loaders(self):
         if django.VERSION < (1, 8):
             from django.template.loader import template_source_loaders
@@ -302,3 +300,9 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
                     "Offline compression is disabled. Set "
                     "COMPRESS_OFFLINE or use the --force to override.")
         self.compress(sys.stdout, **options)
+
+
+if django.VERSION < (1, 7):
+    Command.requires_model_validation = False
+else:
+    Command.requires_system_checks = False
diff --git a/compressor/parser/default_htmlparser.py b/compressor/parser/default_htmlparser.py
index 80272cb..825808b 100644
--- a/compressor/parser/default_htmlparser.py
+++ b/compressor/parser/default_htmlparser.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 
@@ -5,9 +7,26 @@ from compressor.exceptions import ParserError
 from compressor.parser import ParserBase
 
 
+# Starting in Python 3.2, the HTMLParser constructor takes a 'strict'
+# argument which default to True (which we don't want).
+# In Python 3.3, it defaults to False.
+# In Python 3.4, passing it at all raises a deprecation warning.
+# So we only pass it for 3.2.
+# In Python 3.4, it also takes a 'convert_charrefs' argument
+# which raises a warning if we don't pass it.
+major, minor, release = sys.version_info[:3]
+CONSTRUCTOR_TAKES_STRICT = major == 3 and minor == 2
+CONSTRUCTOR_TAKES_CONVERT_CHARREFS = major == 3 and minor >= 4
+HTML_PARSER_ARGS = {}
+if CONSTRUCTOR_TAKES_STRICT:
+    HTML_PARSER_ARGS['strict'] = False
+if CONSTRUCTOR_TAKES_CONVERT_CHARREFS:
+    HTML_PARSER_ARGS['convert_charrefs'] = False
+
+
 class DefaultHtmlParser(ParserBase, six.moves.html_parser.HTMLParser):
     def __init__(self, content):
-        six.moves.html_parser.HTMLParser.__init__(self)
+        six.moves.html_parser.HTMLParser.__init__(self, **HTML_PARSER_ARGS)
         self.content = content
         self._css_elems = []
         self._js_elems = []
diff --git a/compressor/storage.py b/compressor/storage.py
index 16419a8..6fe994e 100644
--- a/compressor/storage.py
+++ b/compressor/storage.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class CompressorFileStorage(FileSystemStorage):
     def modified_time(self, name):
         return datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(self.path(name)))
 
-    def get_available_name(self, name):
+    def get_available_name(self, name, max_length=None):
         """
         Deletes the given file if it exists.
         """
diff --git a/compressor/tests/test_offline.py b/compressor/tests/test_offline.py
index aa10cf0..3a7f1b2 100644
--- a/compressor/tests/test_offline.py
+++ b/compressor/tests/test_offline.py
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ class OfflineCompressBasicTestCase(OfflineTestCaseMixin, TestCase):
         for engine in self.engines:
             self._test_deleting_manifest_does_not_affect_rendering(engine)
 
-    def test_requires_model_validation(self):
-        self.assertFalse(CompressCommand.requires_model_validation)
-
     def test_get_loaders(self):
         TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
             ('django.template.loaders.cached.Loader', (