diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
index d6a2014d3e..e678740b33 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ DATA_TYPES = {
     'TimeField':         'time',
     'URLField':          'varchar(200)',
     'USStateField':      'varchar(2)',
-    'XMLField':          'longtext',
 }
 
 DATA_TYPES_REVERSE = {
diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py b/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py
index c623a5eed4..683ae3c9ee 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ DATA_TYPES = {
     'TimeField':         'time',
     'URLField':          'varchar(200)',
     'USStateField':      'varchar(2)',
-    'XMLField':          'text',
 }
 
 # Maps type codes to Django Field types.
diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py b/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
index fd44341400..d4b936f82e 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ DATA_TYPES = {
     'TimeField':                    'time',
     'URLField':                     'varchar(200)',
     'USStateField':                 'varchar(2)',
-    'XMLField':                     'text',
 }
 
 DATA_TYPES_REVERSE = {}
diff --git a/django/core/management.py b/django/core/management.py
index ae0b6683b5..d494564d6b 100644
--- a/django/core/management.py
+++ b/django/core/management.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def _is_valid_dir_name(s):
 # If the foreign key points to an AutoField, the foreign key should be an
 # IntegerField, not an AutoField. Otherwise, the foreign key should be the same
 # type of field as the field to which it points.
-get_rel_data_type = lambda f: (f.__class__.__name__ == 'AutoField') and 'IntegerField' or f.__class__.__name__
+get_rel_data_type = lambda f: (f.get_internal_type() == 'AutoField') and 'IntegerField' or f.get_internal_type()
 
 def get_sql_create(mod):
     "Returns a list of the CREATE TABLE SQL statements for the given module."
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def get_sql_create(mod):
                 data_type = get_rel_data_type(rel_field)
             else:
                 rel_field = f
-                data_type = f.__class__.__name__
+                data_type = f.get_internal_type()
             col_type = db.DATA_TYPES[data_type]
             if col_type is not None:
                 field_output = [f.column, col_type % rel_field.__dict__]
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def createcachetable(tablename):
     table_output = []
     index_output = []
     for f in fields:
-        field_output = [f.column, db.DATA_TYPES[f.__class__.__name__] % f.__dict__]
+        field_output = [f.column, db.DATA_TYPES[f.get_internal_type()] % f.__dict__]
         field_output.append("%sNULL" % (not f.null and "NOT " or ""))
         if f.unique:
             field_output.append("UNIQUE")
diff --git a/django/core/meta/fields.py b/django/core/meta/fields.py
index 56ded6edd7..3e5cca169d 100644
--- a/django/core/meta/fields.py
+++ b/django/core/meta/fields.py
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ class Field(object):
     def get_cache_name(self):
         return '_%s_cache' % self.name
 
+    def get_internal_type(self):
+        return self.__class__.__name__
+
     def pre_save(self, value, add):
         "Returns field's value just before saving."
         return value
@@ -552,11 +555,14 @@ class USStateField(Field):
     def get_manipulator_field_objs(self):
         return [formfields.USStateField]
 
-class XMLField(Field):
+class XMLField(TextField):
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, schema_path=None, **kwargs):
         self.schema_path = schema_path
         Field.__init__(self, verbose_name, name, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_internal_type(self):
+        return "TextField"
+
     def get_manipulator_field_objs(self):
         return [curry(formfields.XMLLargeTextField, schema_path=self.schema_path)]