diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3d4dc91..5f09d01 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ django-overextends by adding the ``overextends`` app to the
         'overextends',
     )
 
+For Django 1.9+ you must add overextends to the `builtins` key of your `TEMPLATES` setting::
+
+    TEMPLATES = [
+        {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+            'APP_DIRS': True,
+            'OPTIONS': {
+                'builtins': ['overextends.templatetags.overextends_tags'],
+            }
+        },
+    ]
+
+
 Note that while the ``overextends`` tag is provided by the package
 ``overextends.templatetags.overextends_tags``, it is unnecessary to use
 ``{% load overextends_tags %}`` in your templates. Like the ``extends``
diff --git a/overextends/models.py b/overextends/models.py
index 1f2e526..ffa1519 100644
--- a/overextends/models.py
+++ b/overextends/models.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 # This app doesn't contain any models, but as its template tags need to
 # be added to built-ins at start-up time, this is a good place to do it.
+import django
 
-from django.template.base import add_to_builtins
-
-
-add_to_builtins("overextends.templatetags.overextends_tags")
+if django.VERSION < (1,9):
+    from django.template.base import add_to_builtins
+    add_to_builtins("overextends.templatetags.overextends_tags")