diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d893fef7..c4ee8a61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This version drops support for Python 3.6
 Bugfixes
 ~~~~~~~~
 
+- Fixed compatibility issue with datetime classes and python `3.12` (`#425 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-django/issues/425>`_)
 
 
 Version 2.5.3 (25 Mär 2022)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index a35d2755..7bd39c12 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 - [naquiroz](https://github.com/naquiroz)
 - [john-sandall](https://github.com/john-sandall)
 - [dineshtrivedi](https://github.com/dineshtrivedi)
+- [matejsp](https://github.com/matejsp)
diff --git a/pylint_django/compat.py b/pylint_django/compat.py
index d4dfdeef..9eeb128c 100644
--- a/pylint_django/compat.py
+++ b/pylint_django/compat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 # pylint: skip-file
 # no sane linter can figure out the hackiness in this compatibility layer...
+import sys
 
 try:
     from astroid.nodes import AssignName, Attribute, ClassDef, FunctionDef, ImportFrom
@@ -33,3 +34,6 @@
     LOAD_CONFIGURATION_SUPPORTED = tuple(pylint.__version__.split(".")) >= ("2", "3")
 except AttributeError:
     LOAD_CONFIGURATION_SUPPORTED = pylint.__pkginfo__.numversion >= (2, 3)
+
+# datetime module is compiled and moved to _pydatetime
+COMPILED_DATETIME_CLASSES = sys.version_info >= (3, 12)
diff --git a/pylint_django/transforms/fields.py b/pylint_django/transforms/fields.py
index b820b12b..70b96f12 100644
--- a/pylint_django/transforms/fields.py
+++ b/pylint_django/transforms/fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from astroid import MANAGER, AstroidImportError, inference_tip, nodes
 from astroid.nodes import scoped_nodes
 
-from pylint_django import utils
+from pylint_django import compat, utils
 
 _STR_FIELDS = (
     "CharField",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def is_model_or_form_field(cls):
     return is_model_field(cls) or is_form_field(cls)
 
 
-def apply_type_shim(cls, _context=None):
+def apply_type_shim(cls, _context=None):  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
     if cls.name in _STR_FIELDS:
         base_nodes = scoped_nodes.builtin_lookup("str")
     elif cls.name in _INT_FIELDS:
@@ -61,13 +61,25 @@ def apply_type_shim(cls, _context=None):
         except AstroidImportError:
             base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("_pydecimal").lookup("Decimal")
     elif cls.name in ("SplitDateTimeField", "DateTimeField"):
-        base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("datetime")
+        if compat.COMPILED_DATETIME_CLASSES:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("_pydatetime").lookup("datetime")
+        else:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("datetime")
     elif cls.name == "TimeField":
-        base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("time")
+        if compat.COMPILED_DATETIME_CLASSES:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("_pydatetime").lookup("time")
+        else:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("time")
     elif cls.name == "DateField":
-        base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("date")
+        if compat.COMPILED_DATETIME_CLASSES:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("_pydatetime").lookup("date")
+        else:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("date")
     elif cls.name == "DurationField":
-        base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("timedelta")
+        if compat.COMPILED_DATETIME_CLASSES:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("_pydatetime").lookup("timedelta")
+        else:
+            base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("datetime").lookup("timedelta")
     elif cls.name == "UUIDField":
         base_nodes = MANAGER.ast_from_module_name("uuid").lookup("UUID")
     elif cls.name == "ManyToManyField":