diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/forms/widgets.py b/django/contrib/gis/forms/widgets.py
index 60041cd75f..eca2c67a8d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/forms/widgets.py
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ class OSMWidget(BaseGeometryWidget):
             'gis/js/OLMapWidget.js',
         )
 
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None):
+        super(OSMWidget, self).__init__()
+        for key in ('default_lon', 'default_lat'):
+            self.attrs[key] = getattr(self, key)
+        if attrs:
+            self.attrs.update(attrs)
+
     @property
     def map_srid(self):
         # Use the official spherical mercator projection SRID on versions
@@ -111,12 +118,3 @@ class OSMWidget(BaseGeometryWidget):
             return 3857
         else:
             return 900913
-
-    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
-        default_attrs = {
-            'default_lon': self.default_lon,
-            'default_lat': self.default_lat,
-        }
-        if attrs:
-            default_attrs.update(attrs)
-        return super(OSMWidget, self).render(name, value, default_attrs)
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geoforms.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geoforms.py
index bb2f65a962..2eb91ec527 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geoforms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geoforms.py
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ class SpecializedFieldTest(SimpleTestCase):
         for invalid in [geo for key, geo in self.geometries.items() if key != 'geometrycollection']:
             self.assertFalse(GeometryForm(data={'g': invalid.wkt}).is_valid())
 
+
+@skipUnless(HAS_GDAL and HAS_SPATIALREFSYS,
+    "OSMWidgetTest needs gdal support and a spatial database")
+class OSMWidgetTest(SimpleTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.geometries = {
+            'point': GEOSGeometry("SRID=4326;POINT(9.052734375 42.451171875)"),
+        }
+
     def test_osm_widget(self):
         class PointForm(forms.Form):
             p = forms.PointField(widget=forms.OSMWidget)
@@ -264,9 +273,32 @@ class SpecializedFieldTest(SimpleTestCase):
         geom = self.geometries['point']
         form = PointForm(data={'p': geom})
         rendered = form.as_p()
+
         self.assertIn("OpenStreetMap (Mapnik)", rendered)
         self.assertIn("id: 'id_p',", rendered)
 
+    def test_default_lat_lon(self):
+        class PointForm(forms.Form):
+            p = forms.PointField(
+                widget=forms.OSMWidget(attrs={
+                    'default_lon': 20, 'default_lat': 30
+                }),
+            )
+
+        form = PointForm()
+        rendered = form.as_p()
+
+        self.assertIn("options['default_lon'] = 20;", rendered)
+        self.assertIn("options['default_lat'] = 30;", rendered)
+        if forms.OSMWidget.default_lon != 20:
+            self.assertNotIn(
+                "options['default_lon'] = %d;" % forms.OSMWidget.default_lon,
+                rendered)
+        if forms.OSMWidget.default_lat != 30:
+            self.assertNotIn(
+                "options['default_lat'] = %d;" % forms.OSMWidget.default_lat,
+                rendered)
+
 
 @skipUnless(HAS_GDAL and HAS_SPATIALREFSYS,
     "CustomGeometryWidgetTest needs gdal support and a spatial database")