diff --git a/rest_framework/filters.py b/rest_framework/filters.py
index e20800130d..c580f9351b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/filters.py
+++ b/rest_framework/filters.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class AutoFilterSet(self.default_filter_set):
                 class Meta:
                     model = queryset.model
                     fields = filter_fields
-                    order_by = True
             return AutoFilterSet
 
         return None
diff --git a/tests/test_filters.py b/tests/test_filters.py
index 47bffd4366..5722fd7c5f 100644
--- a/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -408,16 +408,61 @@ class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
             )
 
 
-class OrdringFilterModel(models.Model):
+class OrderingFilterModel(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=20)
     text = models.CharField(max_length=100)
 
 
 class OrderingFilterRelatedModel(models.Model):
-    related_object = models.ForeignKey(OrdringFilterModel,
+    related_object = models.ForeignKey(OrderingFilterModel,
                                        related_name="relateds")
 
 
+class DjangoFilterOrderingModel(models.Model):
+    date = models.DateField()
+    text = models.CharField(max_length=10)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ['-date']
+
+
+class DjangoFilterOrderingTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        data = [{
+            'date': datetime.date(2012, 10, 8),
+            'text': 'abc'
+        }, {
+            'date': datetime.date(2013, 10, 8),
+            'text': 'bcd'
+        }, {
+            'date': datetime.date(2014, 10, 8),
+            'text': 'cde'
+        }]
+
+        for d in data:
+            DjangoFilterOrderingModel.objects.create(**d)
+
+    def test_default_ordering(self):
+        class DjangoFilterOrderingView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            model = DjangoFilterOrderingModel
+            filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
+            filter_fields = ['text']
+            ordering = ('-date',)
+
+        view = DjangoFilterOrderingView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        response = view(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.data,
+            [
+                {'id': 3, 'date': datetime.date(2014, 10, 8), 'text': 'cde'},
+                {'id': 2, 'date': datetime.date(2013, 10, 8), 'text': 'bcd'},
+                {'id': 1, 'date': datetime.date(2012, 10, 8), 'text': 'abc'}
+            ]
+        )
+
+
 class OrderingFilterTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         # Sequence of title/text is:
@@ -436,11 +481,11 @@ def setUp(self):
                 chr(idx + ord('b')) +
                 chr(idx + ord('c'))
             )
-            OrdringFilterModel(title=title, text=text).save()
+            OrderingFilterModel(title=title, text=text).save()
 
     def test_ordering(self):
         class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-            model = OrdringFilterModel
+            model = OrderingFilterModel
             filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
             ordering = ('title',)
             ordering_fields = ('text',)
@@ -459,7 +504,7 @@ class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
     def test_reverse_ordering(self):
         class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-            model = OrdringFilterModel
+            model = OrderingFilterModel
             filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
             ordering = ('title',)
             ordering_fields = ('text',)
@@ -478,7 +523,7 @@ class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
     def test_incorrectfield_ordering(self):
         class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-            model = OrdringFilterModel
+            model = OrderingFilterModel
             filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
             ordering = ('title',)
             ordering_fields = ('text',)
@@ -497,7 +542,7 @@ class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
     def test_default_ordering(self):
         class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-            model = OrdringFilterModel
+            model = OrderingFilterModel
             filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
             ordering = ('title',)
             oredering_fields = ('text',)
@@ -516,7 +561,7 @@ class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
     def test_default_ordering_using_string(self):
         class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-            model = OrdringFilterModel
+            model = OrderingFilterModel
             filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
             ordering = 'title'
             ordering_fields = ('text',)
@@ -536,7 +581,7 @@ class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
     def test_ordering_by_aggregate_field(self):
         # create some related models to aggregate order by
         num_objs = [2, 5, 3]
-        for obj, num_relateds in zip(OrdringFilterModel.objects.all(),
+        for obj, num_relateds in zip(OrderingFilterModel.objects.all(),
                                      num_objs):
             for _ in range(num_relateds):
                 new_related = OrderingFilterRelatedModel(
@@ -545,11 +590,11 @@ def test_ordering_by_aggregate_field(self):
                 new_related.save()
 
         class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-            model = OrdringFilterModel
+            model = OrderingFilterModel
             filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
             ordering = 'title'
             ordering_fields = '__all__'
-            queryset = OrdringFilterModel.objects.all().annotate(
+            queryset = OrderingFilterModel.objects.all().annotate(
                 models.Count("relateds"))
 
         view = OrderingListView.as_view()
@@ -567,7 +612,7 @@ class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
     def test_ordering_with_nonstandard_ordering_param(self):
         with temporary_setting('ORDERING_PARAM', 'order', filters):
             class OrderingListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-                model = OrdringFilterModel
+                model = OrderingFilterModel
                 filter_backends = (filters.OrderingFilter,)
                 ordering = ('title',)
                 ordering_fields = ('text',)