diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 2e01634571..4f4d912c04 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 from django.utils.encoding import StrAndUnicode, force_unicode
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils import datetime_safe
+from datetime import time
 from util import flatatt
 from urlparse import urljoin
 
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ class TimeInput(Input):
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
         if value is None:
             value = ''
-        elif hasattr(value, 'replace'):
+        elif isinstance(value, time):
             value = value.replace(microsecond=0)
         return super(TimeInput, self).render(name, value, attrs)
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
index e0d9f42db5..df0f5d6fd7 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
@@ -1104,5 +1104,9 @@ u'<input type="text" name="time" value="12:51:34" />'
 u'<input type="text" name="time" value="12:51:34" />'
 >>> w.render('time', datetime.time(12, 51))
 u'<input type="text" name="time" value="12:51:00" />'
+
+We should be able to initialize from a unicode value.
+>>> w.render('time', u'13:12:11')
+u'<input type="text" name="time" value="13:12:11" />'
 """