diff --git a/axes/conf.py b/axes/conf.py
index 681aac8..75f25fc 100644
--- a/axes/conf.py
+++ b/axes/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# TODO: Remove these imports after django-appconf does not depend on django.utils.six
+try:
+    from django.utils import six  # noqa
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    import sys
+    import warnings
+
+    sys.modules['django.utils.six'] = __import__('six')
+    warnings.warn('django.utils.six was patched for django-appconf backwards compatibility', ImportWarning)
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17958f8..c54aef0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ setup(
     package_dir={'axes': 'axes'},
     python_requires='~=3.5',
     install_requires=[
-        'pytz',
         'django',
         'django-appconf',
         'django-ipware>=2.0.2',
+        'pytz',
+        'six',
     ],
     include_package_data=True,
     packages=find_packages(),