diff --git a/djadmin2/core.py b/djadmin2/core.py
index 5adafdf..1d29aa9 100644
--- a/djadmin2/core.py
+++ b/djadmin2/core.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Admin2(object):
     admin site.
     """
     index_view = views.IndexView
+    login_view = views.LoginView
     app_index_view = views.AppIndexView
     api_index_view = apiviews.IndexAPIView
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ class Admin2(object):
             'registry': self.registry,
             'app_verbose_names': self.app_verbose_names,
             'apps': self.apps,
+            'login_view': self.login_view,
         }
 
     def get_app_index_kwargs(self):
diff --git a/djadmin2/tests/templates/djadmin2theme_bootstrap3/custom_login_template.html b/djadmin2/tests/templates/djadmin2theme_bootstrap3/custom_login_template.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b457334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djadmin2/tests/templates/djadmin2theme_bootstrap3/custom_login_template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% extends "djadmin2theme_bootstrap3/base.html" %}
+{% load i18n staticfiles admin2_tags %}
+
+{% block navbar %}{% endblock navbar %}
+{% block breacrumbs %}{% endblock breacrumbs %}
+
+{% block page_header %}{% endblock page_header %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-4">
+                <div class="login-panel panel panel-default">
+                    <div class="panel-heading">
+                        <h3 class="panel-title">Custom login view</h3>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="panel-body">
+                        <form method="post" class="">
+                            {% csrf_token %}
+                            {{ form }}
+                            <input type="hidden" name="this_is_the_login_form" value="1"/>
+                            <input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ next }}"/>
+                            <button class="btn btn-lg btn-success btn-block" type="submit">
+                                {% trans "Log in" %}
+                            </button>
+                        </form>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock content %}
diff --git a/djadmin2/tests/test_views.py b/djadmin2/tests/test_views.py
index 1e25e76..babe1bc 100644
--- a/djadmin2/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/djadmin2/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 from .. import views
 
@@ -16,3 +18,11 @@ class AdminViewTest(TestCase):
 
     def test_name(self):
         self.assertEquals(self.admin_view.name, 'admin-view')
+
+
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='djadmin2.tests.urls')
+class CustomLoginViewTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_view_ok(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse("admin2:dashboard"))
+        self.assertInHTML('<h3 class="panel-title">Custom login view</h3>', force_text(response.content))
diff --git a/djadmin2/tests/urls.py b/djadmin2/tests/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b01b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djadmin2/tests/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.conf.urls.static import static
+
+from djadmin2.site import djadmin2_site
+
+from djadmin2.views import LoginView
+
+
+class CustomLoginView(LoginView):
+    default_template_name = "custom_login_template.html"
+
+djadmin2_site.login_view = CustomLoginView
+djadmin2_site.autodiscover()
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^admin2/', include(djadmin2_site.urls)),
+] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
diff --git a/djadmin2/viewmixins.py b/djadmin2/viewmixins.py
index cf7888e..df09c51 100644
--- a/djadmin2/viewmixins.py
+++ b/djadmin2/viewmixins.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class Admin2Mixin(PermissionMixin):
     model_admin = None
     model_name = None
     app_label = None
+    login_view = None
 
     index_path = reverse_lazy('admin2:dashboard')
 
@@ -101,8 +102,6 @@ class Admin2Mixin(PermissionMixin):
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 
         if self.is_user(request):
-            from .views import LoginView
-
             if request.path == reverse('admin2:logout'):
                 return HttpResponseRedirect(self.index_path)
 
@@ -110,8 +109,7 @@ class Admin2Mixin(PermissionMixin):
                 extra = {
                     'next': request.GET.get('next', self.index_path)
                 }
-                return LoginView().dispatch(request, extra_context=extra,
-                                            *args, **kwargs)
+                return self.login_view().dispatch(request, extra_context=extra, *args, **kwargs)
 
         return super(Admin2Mixin, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/views.rst b/docs/ref/views.rst
index 463a129..a21c26c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/views.rst
+++ b/docs/ref/views.rst
@@ -44,4 +44,39 @@ In your Django project's root URLconf module (``urls.py``) modify the code to in
 
 In real projects the new IndexView would likely be placed into a ``views.py`` module.
 
-.. note:: Considering that dashboard is more intuitive of a name, perhaps the ``IndexView`` should be renamed ``DashboardView``?
\ No newline at end of file
+.. note:: Considering that dashboard is more intuitive of a name, perhaps the ``IndexView`` should be renamed ``DashboardView``?
+
+Customizing the Login view
+==========================
+
+The login view could also be customized.
+
+In your Django project's root URLconf module (``urls.py``) modify the code to include the commented code before the ``djadmin2.default.autodiscover()``:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
+
+    from djadmin2.site import djadmin2_site
+    from djadmin2.views import LoginView
+
+
+    ######### Begin django-admin2 customization code
+    # Create a new django-admin2 index view
+    class CustomLoginView(LoginView):
+
+        # specify the template
+        default_template_name = "custom_login_template.html"
+
+    # override the default index_view
+    djadmin2_site.login_view = CustomLoginView
+    ######### end django-admin2 customization code
+
+    djadmin2_site.autodiscover()
+
+    urlpatterns = patterns('',
+        url(r'^admin2/', include(djadmin2_site.urls)),
+        # ... Place the rest of the project URLs here
+    )
+
+In real projects the new LoginView would likely be placed into a ``views.py`` module.
diff --git a/example/example/urls.py b/example/example/urls.py
index 89f0c48..a247fd4 100644
--- a/example/example/urls.py
+++ b/example/example/urls.py
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^blog/detail(?P<pk>\d+)/$', BlogDetailView.as_view(template_name="blog/blog_detail.html"), name='blog_detail'),
     url(r'^$', BlogListView.as_view(template_name="blog/home.html"), name='home'),
 ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
-