diff --git a/django/db/migrations/writer.py b/django/db/migrations/writer.py
index 1b9cdb886e..d9f9c734a2 100644
--- a/django/db/migrations/writer.py
+++ b/django/db/migrations/writer.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import types
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.migrations.loader import MigrationLoader
+from django.utils import datetime_safe, six
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from django.utils import six
 
 
 class SettingsReference(str):
@@ -215,10 +215,16 @@ class MigrationWriter(object):
         elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             if value.tzinfo is not None:
                 raise ValueError("Cannot serialize datetime values with timezones. Either use a callable value for default or remove the timezone.")
-            return repr(value), set(["import datetime"])
+            value_repr = repr(value)
+            if isinstance(value, datetime_safe.datetime):
+                value_repr = "datetime.%s" % value_repr
+            return value_repr, set(["import datetime"])
         # Dates
         elif isinstance(value, datetime.date):
-            return repr(value), set(["import datetime"])
+            value_repr = repr(value)
+            if isinstance(value, datetime_safe.date):
+                value_repr = "datetime.%s" % value_repr
+            return value_repr, set(["import datetime"])
         # Settings references
         elif isinstance(value, SettingsReference):
             return "settings.%s" % value.setting_name, set(["from django.conf import settings"])
diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_writer.py b/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
index 8bdce5d8c0..c3889df0e7 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from django.db import models, migrations
 from django.db.migrations.writer import MigrationWriter, SettingsReference
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils import six
+from django.utils import datetime_safe, six
 from django.utils.deconstruct import deconstructible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.timezone import get_default_timezone
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ class WriterTests(TestCase):
         self.assertSerializedEqual(datetime.date.today)
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             self.assertSerializedEqual(datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1, 1, 1, tzinfo=get_default_timezone()))
+        safe_date = datetime_safe.date(2014, 3, 31)
+        string, imports = MigrationWriter.serialize(safe_date)
+        self.assertEqual(string, repr(datetime.date(2014, 3, 31)))
+        self.assertEqual(imports, {'import datetime'})
+        safe_datetime = datetime_safe.datetime(2014, 3, 31, 16, 4, 31)
+        string, imports = MigrationWriter.serialize(safe_datetime)
+        self.assertEqual(string, repr(datetime.datetime(2014, 3, 31, 16, 4, 31)))
+        self.assertEqual(imports, {'import datetime'})
         # Classes
         validator = RegexValidator(message="hello")
         string, imports = MigrationWriter.serialize(validator)