diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/doc.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/doc.py
index d14e998b9a..34a945a60e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/doc.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/doc.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required
 from django.db import models
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext, render_to_response
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ViewDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import ViewDoesNotExist
+from django.http import Http404
 from django.core import template, urlresolvers
 from django.contrib.admin import utils
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index 8e55dc98c4..c1f12039cc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required
 from django.core import formfields, template
 from django.core.template import loader
 from django.db import models
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext as Context
 from django.core.extensions import get_object_or_404, render_to_response
 from django.utils import dateformat
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/add.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/add.py
index 31c018daf3..ffbfd67a0c 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/add.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/add.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required
 from django.contrib.admin.views.main import get_model_and_app
 from django.contrib.admin.views.stages.modify import render_change_form
 from django.core import formfields, template
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext as Context
 from django.db import models
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/change.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/change.py
index c8b3adcbf6..26d578eed5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/change.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/stages/change.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib.admin.views.main import get_model_and_app
 from django.core import formfields, template
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext as Context
 from django.contrib.admin.views.stages.modify import render_change_form
 from django.db import models
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py b/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py
index eeb279a5aa..00d89e28b2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.core import formfields, validators
 from django.core.mail import mail_admins, mail_managers
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext, render_to_response
 from django.contrib.auth.models import SESSION_KEY
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment, FreeComment, PHOTOS_REQUIRED, PHOTOS_OPTIONAL, RATINGS_REQUIRED, RATINGS_OPTIONAL, IS_PUBLIC
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/views/karma.py b/django/contrib/comments/views/karma.py
index 9db68d69f1..530271e857 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/views/karma.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/views/karma.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404
+from django.http import Http404
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext, render_to_response
 from django.models.comments import comments, karma
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/views/userflags.py b/django/contrib/comments/views/userflags.py
index baa2d42538..e58c3c1682 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/views/userflags.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/views/userflags.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext, render_to_response
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404
+from django.http import Http404
 from django.models.comments import comments, moderatordeletions, userflags
 from django.views.decorators.auth import login_required
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
diff --git a/django/contrib/flatpages/middleware.py b/django/contrib/flatpages/middleware.py
index c6f286563d..2aedf481e5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/flatpages/middleware.py
+++ b/django/contrib/flatpages/middleware.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib.flatpages.views import flatpage
-from django.core.extensions import Http404
+from django.http import Http404
 from django.conf.settings import DEBUG
 
 class FlatpageFallbackMiddleware:
diff --git a/django/contrib/syndication/views.py b/django/contrib/syndication/views.py
index 2de5f886b1..621665d4d4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/syndication/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/syndication/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib.syndication import feeds
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 
 def feed(request, url, feed_dict=None):
     if not feed_dict:
diff --git a/django/core/exceptions.py b/django/core/exceptions.py
index 297262f9b6..f22f67c261 100644
--- a/django/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/django/core/exceptions.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 "Global Django exceptions"
 
-class Http404(Exception):
-    pass
-
 class ObjectDoesNotExist(Exception):
     "The requested object does not exist"
     silent_variable_failure = True
diff --git a/django/core/extensions.py b/django/core/extensions.py
index 09e7c20242..62c1407a62 100644
--- a/django/core/extensions.py
+++ b/django/core/extensions.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # of MVC. In other words, these functions/classes introduce controlled coupling
 # for convenience's sake.
 
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.template import Context, loader
 from django.conf.settings import TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 
 _standard_context_processors = None
 
diff --git a/django/core/handlers/base.py b/django/core/handlers/base.py
index 6e8cb040f6..9c30772baf 100644
--- a/django/core/handlers/base.py
+++ b/django/core/handlers/base.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class BaseHandler:
                 raise ValueError, "The view %s.%s didn't return an HttpResponse object." % (callback.__module__, callback.func_name)
 
             return response
-        except exceptions.Http404, e:
+        except http.Http404, e:
             if DEBUG:
                 return self.get_technical_error_response(request, is404=True, exception=e)
             else:
diff --git a/django/core/urlresolvers.py b/django/core/urlresolvers.py
index 9582dd4d81..e11b63e977 100644
--- a/django/core/urlresolvers.py
+++ b/django/core/urlresolvers.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ a string) and returns a tuple in this format:
     (view_function, function_args, function_kwargs)
 """
 
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ImproperlyConfigured, ViewDoesNotExist
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ViewDoesNotExist
 import re
 
 class Resolver404(Http404):
diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index 6fda8ad570..3178a438ea 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from cgi import parse_qsl
 
+class Http404(Exception):
+    pass
+
 class HttpRequest(object): # needs to be new-style class because subclasses define "property"s
     "A basic HTTP request"
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/django/views/defaults.py b/django/views/defaults.py
index c601fa0255..5287963d0f 100644
--- a/django/views/defaults.py
+++ b/django/views/defaults.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.template import Context, loader
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ def shortcut(request, content_type_id, object_id):
         content_type = ContentType.objects.get_object(pk=content_type_id)
         obj = content_type.get_object_for_this_type(pk=object_id)
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
-        raise Http404, "Content type %s object %s doesn't exist" % (content_type_id, object_id)
+        raise http.Http404, "Content type %s object %s doesn't exist" % (content_type_id, object_id)
     try:
         absurl = obj.get_absolute_url()
     except AttributeError:
-        raise Http404, "%s objects don't have get_absolute_url() methods" % content_type.name
+        raise http.Http404, "%s objects don't have get_absolute_url() methods" % content_type.name
 
     # Try to figure out the object's domain, so we can do a cross-site redirect
     # if necessary.
diff --git a/django/views/generic/create_update.py b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
index 7d326ade0c..3a1d4f76d4 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/create_update.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ from django.core import formfields, meta
 from django.views.auth.login import redirect_to_login
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext
 from django.core.paginator import ObjectPaginator, InvalidPage
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured
 
 def create_object(request, app_label, module_name, template_name=None,
         template_loader=loader, extra_context={}, post_save_redirect=None,
diff --git a/django/views/generic/date_based.py b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
index 19ef0a9a35..02a572d2c4 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/date_based.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from django.core.template import loader
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext
 from django.core.xheaders import populate_xheaders
 from django.models import get_module
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
 import datetime, time
 
 def archive_index(request, app_label, module_name, date_field, num_latest=15,
diff --git a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
index dd961bb51e..2600627f9c 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from django import models
 from django.core.template import loader
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
 from django.core.xheaders import populate_xheaders
 from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext
 from django.core.paginator import ObjectPaginator, InvalidPage
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 
 def object_list(request, app_label, module_name, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=False,
         template_name=None, template_loader=loader, extra_lookup_kwargs={},
diff --git a/django/views/static.py b/django/views/static.py
index f02e30f584..cde95f4578 100644
--- a/django/views/static.py
+++ b/django/views/static.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import urllib
 import posixpath
 import mimetypes
 from django.core import template_loader
-from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.core.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
 
 def serve(request, path, document_root=None, show_indexes=False):