diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 740c792dcf..6a01493a72 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ CSRF_COOKIE_NAME = 'csrftoken'
 CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN = None
 CSRF_COOKIE_PATH = '/'
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = False
+CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = False
 
 ############
 # MESSAGES #
diff --git a/django/middleware/csrf.py b/django/middleware/csrf.py
index 339f42a110..423034478b 100644
--- a/django/middleware/csrf.py
+++ b/django/middleware/csrf.py
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ class CsrfViewMiddleware(object):
                             max_age = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 52,
                             domain=settings.CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN,
                             path=settings.CSRF_COOKIE_PATH,
-                            secure=settings.CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE
+                            secure=settings.CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE,
+                            httponly=settings.CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY
                             )
         # Content varies with the CSRF cookie, so set the Vary header.
         patch_vary_headers(response, ('Cookie',))
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
index 3ad16e2f97..14522d8dbc 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ Settings
 A number of settings can be used to control Django's CSRF behavior:
 
 * :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN`
+* :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY`
 * :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_NAME`
 * :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_PATH`
 * :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE`
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index d4c6868ced..9a615b2d99 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -281,6 +281,19 @@ Please note that the presence of this setting does not imply that Django's CSRF
 protection is safe from cross-subdomain attacks by default - please see the
 :ref:`CSRF limitations <csrf-limitations>` section.
 
+.. setting:: CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY
+
+CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY
+--------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.6
+
+Default: ``False``
+
+Whether to use HttpOnly flag on the CSRF cookie. If this is set to ``True``,
+client-side JavaScript will not to be able to access the CSRF cookie. See
+:setting:`SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY` for details on HttpOnly.
+
 .. setting:: CSRF_COOKIE_NAME
 
 CSRF_COOKIE_NAME
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
index f86d8b8108..f53fa8ac4c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Minor features
 * Authentication backends can raise ``PermissionDenied`` to immediately fail
   the authentication chain.
 
+* The HttpOnly flag can be set on the CSRF cookie with
+  :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY`.
+
 * The ``assertQuerysetEqual()`` now checks for undefined order and raises
   ``ValueError`` if undefined order is spotted. The order is seen as
   undefined if the given ``QuerySet`` isn't ordered and there are more than
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/csrf_tests/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/csrf_tests/tests.py
index c5b66a31d1..3719108962 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/csrf_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/csrf_tests/tests.py
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ class CsrfViewMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
         with self.settings(CSRF_COOKIE_NAME='myname',
                            CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN='.example.com',
                            CSRF_COOKIE_PATH='/test/',
-                           CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE=True):
+                           CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE=True,
+                           CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY=True):
             # token_view calls get_token() indirectly
             CsrfViewMiddleware().process_view(req, token_view, (), {})
             resp = token_view(req)
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ class CsrfViewMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
         self.assertNotEqual(csrf_cookie, False)
         self.assertEqual(csrf_cookie['domain'], '.example.com')
         self.assertEqual(csrf_cookie['secure'], True)
+        self.assertEqual(csrf_cookie['httponly'], True)
         self.assertEqual(csrf_cookie['path'], '/test/')
         self.assertTrue('Cookie' in resp2.get('Vary',''))