diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 363d7f0..687ed51 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ URL schema
 +-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
 | PostGIS     | ``django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis``    | ``postgis://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/NAME``       |
 +-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| MSSQL       | ``sql_server.pyodbc``                         | ``mssql://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/NAME``         |
++-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
 | MySQL       | ``django.db.backends.mysql``                  | ``mysql://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/NAME``         |
 +-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
 | MySQL (GIS) | ``django.contrib.gis.db.backends.mysql``      | ``mysqlgis://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/NAME``      |
diff --git a/dj_database_url.py b/dj_database_url.py
index 1cfeef4..6dc1fbb 100644
--- a/dj_database_url.py
+++ b/dj_database_url.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ urlparse.uses_netloc.append('mysql')
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('mysql2')
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('mysqlgis')
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('mysql-connector')
+urlparse.uses_netloc.append('mssql')
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('spatialite')
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('sqlite')
 urlparse.uses_netloc.append('oracle')
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ SCHEMES = {
     'mysql2': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
     'mysqlgis': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.mysql',
     'mysql-connector': 'mysql.connector.django',
+    'mssql': 'sql_server.pyodbc',
     'spatialite': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.spatialite',
     'sqlite': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
     'oracle': 'django.db.backends.oracle',
diff --git a/test_dj_database_url.py b/test_dj_database_url.py
index 852af87..aaf931a 100644
--- a/test_dj_database_url.py
+++ b/test_dj_database_url.py
@@ -302,6 +302,19 @@ class DatabaseTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
         assert url['OPTIONS']['options'] == '-c search_path=otherschema'
         assert 'currentSchema' not in url['OPTIONS']
 
+    def test_mssql_parsing(self):
+        url = 'mssql://uf07k1i6d8ia0v:wegauwhgeuioweg@ec2-107-21-253-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com/d8r82722r2kuvn?driver=ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server'
+        url = dj_database_url.parse(url)
+
+        assert url['ENGINE'] == 'sql_server.pyodbc'
+        assert url['NAME'] == 'd8r82722r2kuvn'
+        assert url['HOST'] == 'ec2-107-21-253-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com'
+        assert url['USER'] == 'uf07k1i6d8ia0v'
+        assert url['PASSWORD'] == 'wegauwhgeuioweg'
+        assert url['PORT'] == ''
+        assert url['OPTIONS']['driver'] == 'ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server'
+        assert 'currentSchema' not in url['OPTIONS']
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()