diff --git a/django/views/generic/dates.py b/django/views/generic/dates.py
index cbc7bfc065e..8c952495936 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/dates.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/dates.py
@@ -348,9 +348,14 @@ class BaseWeekArchiveView(YearMixin, WeekMixin, BaseDateListView):
         week = self.get_week()
 
         date_field = self.get_date_field()
+        week_format = self.get_week_format()
+        week_start = {
+            '%W': '1',
+            '%U': '0',
+        }[week_format]
         date = _date_from_string(year, self.get_year_format(),
-                                 '0', '%w',
-                                 week, self.get_week_format())
+                                 week_start, '%w',
+                                 week, week_format)
 
         # Construct a date-range lookup.
         first_day = date
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/dates.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/dates.py
index c730c763b95..c583d0ba608 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/dates.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/dates.py
@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ class WeekArchiveViewTests(TestCase):
         res = self.client.get('/dates/books/2007/week/no_week/')
         self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 404)
 
+    def test_week_start_Monday(self):
+        # Regression for #14752
+        res = self.client.get('/dates/books/2008/week/39/')
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(res.context['week'], datetime.date(2008, 9, 28))
+
+        res = self.client.get('/dates/books/2008/week/39/monday/')
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(res.context['week'], datetime.date(2008, 9, 29))
+
 class DayArchiveViewTests(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['generic-views-test-data.json']
     urls = 'regressiontests.generic_views.urls'
@@ -349,4 +359,3 @@ class DateDetailViewTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_invalid_url(self):
         self.assertRaises(AttributeError, self.client.get, "/dates/books/2008/oct/01/nopk/")
-
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py
index 40eec72b251..843cabad151 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ from regressiontests.generic_views.base import ViewTest, TemplateViewTest, Redir
 from regressiontests.generic_views.dates import ArchiveIndexViewTests, YearArchiveViewTests, MonthArchiveViewTests, WeekArchiveViewTests, DayArchiveViewTests, DateDetailViewTests
 from regressiontests.generic_views.detail import DetailViewTest
 from regressiontests.generic_views.edit import CreateViewTests, UpdateViewTests, DeleteViewTests
-from regressiontests.generic_views.list import ListViewTests
\ No newline at end of file
+from regressiontests.generic_views.list import ListViewTests
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py
index 548d10d1641..61f03873310 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
         views.BookWeekArchive.as_view(allow_future=True)),
     (r'^dates/books/(?P<year>\d{4})/week/no_week/$',
         views.BookWeekArchive.as_view()),
+    (r'^dates/books/(?P<year>\d{4})/week/(?P<week>\d{1,2})/monday/$',
+        views.BookWeekArchive.as_view(week_format='%W')),
 
     # DayArchiveView
     (r'^dates/books/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\d{1,2})/$',