diff --git a/django/__main__.py b/django/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b96e91ea85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Invokes django-admin when the django module is run as a script.
+
+Example: python -m django check
+"""
+from django.core import management
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    management.execute_from_command_line()
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 4db73e42445..94b12fe9d7e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ Django settings files, use ``django-admin`` with
 option.
 
 The command-line examples throughout this document use ``django-admin`` to
-be consistent, but any example can use ``manage.py`` just as well.
+be consistent, but any example can use ``manage.py`` or ``python -m django``
+just as well.
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.9
+
+    ``python -m django`` was added.
 
 Usage
 =====
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ Usage
 
     $ django-admin <command> [options]
     $ manage.py <command> [options]
+    $ python -m django <command> [options]
 
 ``command`` should be one of the commands listed in this document.
 ``options``, which is optional, should be zero or more of the options available
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
index c0b8ed208e7..f93b403552a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ Management Commands
   to the database using the password from your settings file (instead of
   requiring it to be manually entered).
 
+* The ``django`` package may be run as a script, i.e. ``python -m django``,
+  which will behave the same as ``django-admin``.
+
 Migrations
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py b/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
index 174cfe687fb..616082346b9 100644
--- a/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
@@ -2037,3 +2037,12 @@ class Dumpdata(AdminScriptTestCase):
         out, err = self.run_manage(args)
         self.assertOutput(err, "You can only use --pks option with one model")
         self.assertNoOutput(out)
+
+
+class MainModule(AdminScriptTestCase):
+    """python -m django works like django-admin."""
+
+    def test_runs_django_admin(self):
+        cmd_out, _ = self.run_django_admin(['--version'])
+        mod_out, _ = self.run_test('-m', ['django', '--version'])
+        self.assertEqual(mod_out, cmd_out)