diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index f5213ba903..7620c366ce 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class _QuerySet(object):
 
     def __getitem__(self, k):
         "Retrieve an item or slice from the set of results."
-        if not isinstance(k, (slice, int)):
+        if not isinstance(k, (slice, int, long)):
             raise TypeError
         assert (not isinstance(k, slice) and (k >= 0)) \
             or (isinstance(k, slice) and (k.start is None or k.start >= 0) and (k.stop is None or k.stop >= 0)), \
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py b/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py
index d2220320a0..0a09579761 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py
@@ -247,6 +247,19 @@ datetime.datetime(2005, 7, 28, 0, 0)
 >>> (s1 | s2 | s3)[::2]
 [<Article: Area woman programs in Python>, <Article: Third article>]
 
+# Slicing works with longs.
+>>> Article.objects.all()[0L]
+<Article: Area woman programs in Python>
+>>> Article.objects.all()[1L:3L]
+[<Article: Second article>, <Article: Third article>]
+>>> s3 = Article.objects.filter(id__exact=3)
+>>> (s1 | s2 | s3)[::2L]
+[<Article: Area woman programs in Python>, <Article: Third article>]
+
+# And can be mixed with ints.
+>>> Article.objects.all()[1:3L]
+[<Article: Second article>, <Article: Third article>]
+
 # Slices (without step) are lazy:
 >>> Article.objects.all()[0:5].filter()
 [<Article: Area woman programs in Python>, <Article: Second article>, <Article: Third article>, <Article: Article 6>, <Article: Default headline>]