diff --git a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
index 0c6d389e344..5f3e2a7aed4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
+++ b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def naturalday(value, arg=None):
     formatted according to settings.DATE_FORMAT.
     """
     try:
+        tzinfo = getattr(value, 'tzinfo', None)
         value = date(value.year, value.month, value.day)
     except AttributeError:
         # Passed value wasn't a date object
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ def naturalday(value, arg=None):
     except ValueError:
         # Date arguments out of range
         return value
-    delta = value - date.today()
+    today = datetime.now(tzinfo).replace(microsecond=0, second=0, minute=0, hour=0)
+    delta = value - today.date()
     if delta.days == 0:
         return _(u'today')
     elif delta.days == 1:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/humanize/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/humanize/tests.py
index 476de786ce6..ade0d1a4d4a 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/humanize/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/humanize/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import timedelta, date, datetime
+from datetime import timedelta, date, datetime, tzinfo, timedelta
 
 from django.template import Template, Context, add_to_builtins
 from django.utils import unittest
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ from django.utils.html import escape
 
 add_to_builtins('django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize')
 
+
+class FixedOffset(tzinfo):
+    """Fixed offset in hours east from UTC."""
+
+    def __init__(self, offset, name):
+        self.__offset = timedelta(hours=offset)
+        self.__name = name
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return self.__offset
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return self.__name
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        return timedelta(0)
+
+
 class HumanizeTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def humanize_tester(self, test_list, result_list, method):
@@ -97,7 +115,19 @@ class HumanizeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         rendered = t.render(Context(locals())).strip()
         self.assertTrue(u' hours ago' in rendered)
 
+    def test_naturalday_tz(self):
+        from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import naturalday
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
+        today = date.today()
+        tz_one = FixedOffset(-12, 'TzOne')
+        tz_two = FixedOffset(12, 'TzTwo')
 
+        # Can be today or yesterday
+        date_one = datetime(today.year, today.month, today.day, tzinfo=tz_one)
+        naturalday_one = naturalday(date_one)
+        # Can be today or tomorrow
+        date_two = datetime(today.year, today.month, today.day, tzinfo=tz_two)
+        naturalday_two = naturalday(date_two)
+
+        # As 24h of difference they will never be the same
+        self.assertNotEqual(naturalday_one, naturalday_two)