diff --git a/configurations/autosetup.py b/configurations/autosetup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbac409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configurations/autosetup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""A module to automatically import and call :func:`setup()`."""
+from . import setup
+
+setup()
diff --git a/docs/cookbook.rst b/docs/cookbook.rst
index 8fd2173..0d860ba 100644
--- a/docs/cookbook.rst
+++ b/docs/cookbook.rst
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ probably just add the following to the **beginning** of your settings module:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    import configurations
-    configurations.setup()
+    from configurations import autosetup
 
 That has the same effect as using the ``manage.py`` or ``wsgi.py`` utilities.
 This will also call ``django.setup()`` on Django >= 1.7.
@@ -155,8 +154,7 @@ Celery's documentation`_:
     os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'mysite.settings')
     os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_CONFIGURATION', 'MySiteConfiguration')
 
-    import configurations
-    configurations.setup()
+    from configurations import autosetup
 
     app = Celery('mysite')
     app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings')
@@ -267,4 +265,4 @@ the environment variable accordingly:
         'configurations',
     ]
 
-    # ...
\ No newline at end of file
+    # ...