diff --git a/django/contrib/contenttypes/management.py b/django/contrib/contenttypes/management.py
index de3a685477..f492f54303 100644
--- a/django/contrib/contenttypes/management.py
+++ b/django/contrib/contenttypes/management.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Creates content types for all installed models.
 """
 
 from django.dispatch import dispatcher
-from django.db.models import get_models, signals
+from django.db.models import get_apps, get_models, signals
 
-def create_contenttypes(app, created_models, verbosity):
+def create_contenttypes(app, created_models, verbosity=2):
     from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
     app_models = get_models(app)
     if not app_models:
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ def create_contenttypes(app, created_models, verbosity):
             if verbosity >= 2:
                 print "Adding content type '%s | %s'" % (ct.app_label, ct.model)
 
+def create_all_contenttypes(verbosity=2):
+    for app in get_apps():
+        create_contenttypes(app, None, verbosity)
+
 dispatcher.connect(create_contenttypes, signal=signals.post_syncdb)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    create_all_contenttypes()