diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 564cd0a1397..d0bf6502de3 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>
     plisk
     Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/>
+    polpak@yahoo.com
     J. Rademaker
     Michael Radziej <mir@noris.de>
     ramiro
diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index 3849ee73b98..ba2e362f3a3 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -869,6 +869,12 @@ class USStateField(Field):
     def get_manipulator_field_objs(self):
         return [oldforms.USStateField]
 
+    def formfield(self, **kwargs):
+        from django.contrib.localflavor.us.forms import USStateSelect
+        defaults = {'widget': USStateSelect}
+        defaults.update(kwargs)
+        return super(USStateField, self).formfield(**defaults)
+
 class XMLField(TextField):
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, schema_path=None, **kwargs):
         self.schema_path = schema_path