diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/related.py b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
index 797ef05be1d..ce339689746 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/related.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ from django.db import backend, transaction
 from django.db.models import signals, get_model
 from django.db.models.fields import AutoField, Field, IntegerField, get_ul_class
 from django.db.models.related import RelatedObject
+from django.utils.text import capfirst
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy, string_concat, ngettext
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.core import validators
 from django import oldforms
+from django import newforms as forms
 from django.dispatch import dispatcher
 
 # For Python 2.3
@@ -713,6 +715,9 @@ class ManyToManyField(RelatedField, Field):
     def set_attributes_from_rel(self):
         pass
 
+    def formfield(self):
+        return forms.MultipleChoiceField(choices=self.get_choices_default(), required=not self.blank, label=capfirst(self.verbose_name))
+
 class ManyToOneRel(object):
     def __init__(self, to, field_name, num_in_admin=3, min_num_in_admin=None,
         max_num_in_admin=None, num_extra_on_change=1, edit_inline=False,
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
index 5ffd6aac9f1..da10e215a6e 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
 ValueError: The Category could not be created because the data didn't validate.
 
+ManyToManyFields are represented by a MultipleChoiceField.
+>>> ArticleForm = form_for_model(Article)
+>>> f = ArticleForm(auto_id=False)
+>>> print f
+<tr><th>Headline:</th><td><input type="text" name="headline" maxlength="50" /></td></tr>
+<tr><th>Pub date:</th><td><input type="text" name="pub_date" /></td></tr>
+<tr><th>Categories:</th><td><select multiple="multiple" name="categories">
+<option value="1">Entertainment</option>
+<option value="2">It&#39;s a test</option>
+<option value="3">Third test</option>
+</select></td></tr>
+
 You can pass a custom Form class to form_for_model. Make sure it's a
 subclass of BaseForm, not Form.
 >>> class CustomForm(BaseForm):