diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py b/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py
index 78a51cf443e..e7925977785 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def create_permissions(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
             print "Adding permission '%s'" % obj
 
 
-def create_superuser(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
+def create_superuser(app, created_models, verbosity, db, **kwargs):
     from django.core.management import call_command
 
     if auth_app.User in created_models and kwargs.get('interactive', True):
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def create_superuser(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
                 confirm = raw_input('Please enter either "yes" or "no": ')
                 continue
             if confirm == 'yes':
-                call_command("createsuperuser", interactive=True)
+                call_command("createsuperuser", interactive=True, database=db)
             break