diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py b/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py
index d2fe6cdd07..706bf601f9 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             help='An appname or appname.ModelName to exclude (use multiple --exclude to exclude multiple apps/models).'),
         make_option('-n', '--natural', action='store_true', dest='use_natural_keys', default=False,
             help='Use natural keys if they are available.'),
+        make_option('-a', '--all', action='store_true', dest='use_base_manager', default=False,
+            help="Use Django's base manager to dump all models stored in the database, including those that would otherwise be filtered or modified by a custom manager."),
     )
     help = ("Output the contents of the database as a fixture of the given "
-            "format (using each model's default manager).")
+            "format (using each model's default manager unless --all is "
+            "specified).")
     args = '[appname appname.ModelName ...]'
 
     def handle(self, *app_labels, **options):
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         excludes = options.get('exclude',[])
         show_traceback = options.get('traceback', False)
         use_natural_keys = options.get('use_natural_keys', False)
+        use_base_manager = options.get('use_base_manager', False)
 
         excluded_apps = set()
         excluded_models = set()
@@ -100,7 +104,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if model in excluded_models:
                 continue
             if not model._meta.proxy and router.allow_syncdb(using, model):
-                objects.extend(model._default_manager.using(using).all())
+                if use_base_manager:
+                    objects.extend(model._base_manager.using(using).all())
+                else:
+                    objects.extend(model._default_manager.using(using).all())
 
         try:
             return serializers.serialize(format, objects, indent=indent,
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 67b1b6c9db..6d0993c7f0 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ records to dump. If you're using a :ref:`custom manager <custom-managers>` as
 the default manager and it filters some of the available records, not all of the
 objects will be dumped.
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.3
+
+The :djadminopt:`--all` option may be provided to specify that
+``dumpdata`` should use Django's base manager, dumping records which
+might otherwise be filtered or modified by a custom manager.
+
 .. django-admin-option:: --format <fmt>
 
 By default, ``dumpdata`` will format its output in JSON, but you can use the
@@ -271,7 +277,6 @@ prompts.
 The :djadminopt:`--database` option may be used to specify the database
 to flush.
 
-
 inspectdb
 ---------
 
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
index 216a8e2502..0035bcc7e0 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ class Person(models.Model):
     def natural_key(self):
         return (self.name,)
 
+class SpyManager(PersonManager):
+    def get_query_set(self):
+        return super(SpyManager, self).get_query_set().filter(cover_blown=False)
+
+class Spy(Person):
+    objects = SpyManager()
+    cover_blown = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
 class Visa(models.Model):
     person = models.ForeignKey(Person)
     permissions = models.ManyToManyField(Permission, blank=True)
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/tests.py
index e818423b48..799a7328da 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/tests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import management
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 
-from models import Article, Blog, Book, Category, Person, Tag, Visa
+from models import Article, Blog, Book, Category, Person, Spy, Tag, Visa
 
 class TestCaseFixtureLoadingTests(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['fixture1.json', 'fixture2.json']
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ class TestCaseFixtureLoadingTests(TestCase):
 class FixtureLoadingTests(TestCase):
 
     def _dumpdata_assert(self, args, output, format='json', natural_keys=False,
-                         exclude_list=[]):
+                         use_base_manager=False, exclude_list=[]):
         new_io = StringIO.StringIO()
         management.call_command('dumpdata', *args, **{'format':format,
                                                       'stdout':new_io,
                                                       'stderr':new_io,
                                                       'use_natural_keys':natural_keys,
+                                                      'use_base_manager':use_base_manager,
                                                       'exclude': exclude_list})
         command_output = new_io.getvalue().strip()
         self.assertEqual(command_output, output)
@@ -197,6 +198,17 @@ class FixtureLoadingTests(TestCase):
                           '',
                           exclude_list=['fixtures.FooModel'])
 
+    def test_dumpdata_with_filtering_manager(self):
+        Spy(name='Paul').save()
+        Spy(name='Alex', cover_blown=True).save()
+        self.assertQuerysetEqual(Spy.objects.all(),
+                                 ['<Spy: Paul>'])
+        # Use the default manager
+        self._dumpdata_assert(['fixtures.Spy'],'[{"pk": 1, "model": "fixtures.spy", "fields": {"cover_blown": false}}]')
+        # Dump using Django's base manager. Should return all objects,
+        # even those normally filtered by the manager
+        self._dumpdata_assert(['fixtures.Spy'], '[{"pk": 2, "model": "fixtures.spy", "fields": {"cover_blown": true}}, {"pk": 1, "model": "fixtures.spy", "fields": {"cover_blown": false}}]', use_base_manager=True)
+
     def test_compress_format_loading(self):
         # Load fixture 4 (compressed), using format specification
         management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture4.json', verbosity=0, commit=False)