diff --git a/django/bin/django-admin.py b/django/bin/django-admin.py
index e08eeccb70..38c3fe2c83 100755
--- a/django/bin/django-admin.py
+++ b/django/bin/django-admin.py
@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@ def main():
         from django.utils import translation
         translation.activate('en-us')
 
-    if action in ('createsuperuser', 'init', 'validate'):
+    if action == 'createsuperuser':
+        try:
+            username, email, password = args[1], args[2], args[3]
+        except IndexError:
+            sys.stderr.write("Error: %r requires arguments of 'username email password' or no argument at all.\n")
+            sys.exit(1)
+        ACTION_MAPPING[action](username, email, password)
+    elif action in ('init', 'validate'):
         ACTION_MAPPING[action]()
     elif action == 'inspectdb':
         try:
diff --git a/django/core/management.py b/django/core/management.py
index d34ee6fc4d..1062ebecb5 100644
--- a/django/core/management.py
+++ b/django/core/management.py
@@ -481,39 +481,46 @@ def startapp(app_name, directory):
 startapp.help_doc = "Creates a Django app directory structure for the given app name in the current directory."
 startapp.args = "[appname]"
 
-def createsuperuser():
+def createsuperuser(username=None, email=None, password=None):
     "Creates a superuser account."
     from django.core import validators
     from django.models.auth import users
     import getpass
     try:
         while 1:
-            username = raw_input('Username (only letters, digits and underscores): ')
+            if not username:
+                username = raw_input('Username (only letters, digits and underscores): ')
             if not username.isalnum():
                 sys.stderr.write("Error: That username is invalid.\n")
-                continue
+                username = None
             try:
                 users.get_object(username__exact=username)
             except users.UserDoesNotExist:
                 break
             else:
                 sys.stderr.write("Error: That username is already taken.\n")
+                username = None
         while 1:
-            email = raw_input('E-mail address: ')
+            if not email:
+                email = raw_input('E-mail address: ')
             try:
                 validators.isValidEmail(email, None)
             except validators.ValidationError:
                 sys.stderr.write("Error: That e-mail address is invalid.\n")
+                email = None
             else:
                 break
         while 1:
-            password = getpass.getpass()
-            password2 = getpass.getpass('Password (again): ')
-            if password != password2:
-                sys.stderr.write("Error: Your passwords didn't match.\n")
-                continue
+            if not password:
+                password = getpass.getpass()
+                password2 = getpass.getpass('Password (again): ')
+                if password != password2:
+                    sys.stderr.write("Error: Your passwords didn't match.\n")
+                    password = None
+                    continue
             if password.strip() == '':
                 sys.stderr.write("Error: Blank passwords aren't allowed.\n")
+                password = None
                 continue
             break
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -525,7 +532,7 @@ def createsuperuser():
     u.is_superuser = True
     u.save()
     print "User created successfully."
-createsuperuser.args = ''
+createsuperuser.args = '[username] [email] [password] (Either all or none)'
 
 def inspectdb(db_name):
     "Generator that introspects the tables in the given database name and returns a Django model, one line at a time."
diff --git a/docs/django-admin.txt b/docs/django-admin.txt
index a7a15f2a2e..a8dff6defa 100644
--- a/docs/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/django-admin.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ createsuperuser
 Creates a superuser account interactively. It asks you for a username, e-mail
 address and password.
 
+**New in Django development version:** You can specify
+``username email password`` on the command line, for convenient use in shell
+scripts. Example::
+
+    django-admin.py createsuperuser john john@example.com mypassword
+
 init
 ----