diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py b/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
index 936d5e89ab..443312c66d 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from optparse import make_option
 
 from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand, CommandError
 from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
-from django.utils import six
+
 
 class Command(NoArgsCommand):
     help = "Introspects the database tables in the given database and outputs a Django model module."
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
         table_name_filter = options.get('table_name_filter')
 
         table2model = lambda table_name: table_name.title().replace('_', '').replace(' ', '').replace('-', '')
-        strip_prefix = lambda s: s.startswith("u'") and s[1:] or s
+        strip_prefix = lambda s: s[1:] if s.startswith("u'") else s
 
         cursor = connection.cursor()
         yield "# This is an auto-generated Django model module."
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
                         extra_params['unique'] = True
 
                 if is_relation:
-                    rel_to = relations[i][1] == table_name and "'self'" or table2model(relations[i][1])
+                    rel_to = "self" if relations[i][1] == table_name else table2model(relations[i][1])
                     if rel_to in known_models:
                         field_type = 'ForeignKey(%s' % rel_to
                     else:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/models.py
index 4a6621402f..a8adf862b1 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/models.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.db import models
 
 class People(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    parent = models.ForeignKey('self')
 
 class Message(models.Model):
     from_field = models.ForeignKey(People, db_column='from_id')
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/tests.py
index 028d263337..f9cbbce5c4 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/inspectdb/tests.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class InspectDBTestCase(TestCase):
                      stdout=out)
         output = out.getvalue()
         error_message = "inspectdb generated an attribute name which is a python keyword"
+        # Recursive foreign keys should be set to 'self'
+        self.assertIn("parent = models.ForeignKey('self')", output)
         self.assertNotIn("from = models.ForeignKey(InspectdbPeople)", output, msg=error_message)
         # As InspectdbPeople model is defined after InspectdbMessage, it should be quoted
         self.assertIn("from_field = models.ForeignKey('InspectdbPeople', db_column='from_id')",