diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 325e8764f12..a5c99865a65 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -435,7 +435,9 @@ class Model(object):
         # That means that we don't try to be smart about saving attributes
         # that might have come from the parent class - we just save the
         # attributes we have been given to the class we have been given.
-        if not raw:
+        # We also go through this process to defer the save of proxy objects
+        # to their actual underlying model.
+        if not raw or meta.proxy:
             if meta.proxy:
                 org = cls
             else:
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/fixtures/mypeople.json b/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/fixtures/mypeople.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d20c8f2a6e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/fixtures/mypeople.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[
+    {
+        "pk": 100,
+        "model": "proxy_models.myperson",
+        "fields": {
+            "name": "Elvis Presley"
+        }
+    }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/models.py b/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/models.py
index 4074a323aed..e38266fb702 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/proxy_models/models.py
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ MyPerson post save
 MyPersonProxy pre save
 MyPersonProxy post save
 
+>>> signals.pre_save.disconnect(h1, sender=MyPerson)
+>>> signals.post_save.disconnect(h2, sender=MyPerson)
+>>> signals.pre_save.disconnect(h3, sender=Person)
+>>> signals.post_save.disconnect(h4, sender=Person)
+>>> signals.pre_save.disconnect(h5, sender=MyPersonProxy)
+>>> signals.post_save.disconnect(h6, sender=MyPersonProxy)
+
 # A proxy has the same content type as the model it is proxying for (at the
 # storage level, it is meant to be essentially indistinguishable).
 >>> ctype = ContentType.objects.get_for_model
@@ -354,4 +361,11 @@ True
 # Select related + filter on a related proxy of proxy field
 >>> ProxyImprovement.objects.select_related().get(associated_bug__summary__icontains='fix')
 <ProxyImprovement: ProxyImprovement:improve that>
+
+Proxy models can be loaded from fixtures (Regression for #11194)
+>>> from django.core import management
+>>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'mypeople.json', verbosity=0)
+>>> MyPerson.objects.get(pk=100)
+<MyPerson: Elvis Presley>
+
 """}