diff --git a/configurations/values.py b/configurations/values.py
index 467a0f9..2be89ab 100644
--- a/configurations/values.py
+++ b/configurations/values.py
@@ -176,7 +176,16 @@ class ListValue(Value):
             self.default = []
         # initial conversion
         if self.converter is not None:
-            self.default = [self.converter(value) for value in self.default]
+            self.default = self._convert(self.default)
+
+    def _convert(self, list_):
+        converted_values = []
+        for value in list_:
+            try:
+                converted_values.append(self.converter(value))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                raise ValueError(self.message.format(value, value))
+        return converted_values
 
     def to_python(self, value):
         split_value = [v.strip() for v in value.strip().split(self.separator)]
@@ -184,14 +193,7 @@ class ListValue(Value):
         value_list = filter(None, split_value)
         if self.converter is None:
             return list(value_list)
-
-        converted_values = []
-        for list_value in value_list:
-            try:
-                converted_values.append(self.converter(list_value))
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                raise ValueError(self.message.format(list_value, value))
-        return converted_values
+        return self._convert(value_list)
 
 
 class BackendsValue(ListValue):
@@ -218,6 +220,33 @@ class TupleValue(ListValue):
         return tuple(super(TupleValue, self).to_python(value))
 
 
+class TupleOfTuplesValue(TupleValue):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.tuple_separator = kwargs.pop('tuple_separator', ';')
+        super(TupleOfTuplesValue, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _convert(self, items):
+        # This could receive either a bare tuple or tuple of tuples
+        if items and isinstance(items[0], tuple):
+            converted_tuples = []
+            for inner in items:
+                converted = super(TupleOfTuplesValue, self)._convert(inner)
+                converted_tuples.append(tuple(converted))
+            return tuple(converted_tuples)
+        return tuple(super(TupleOfTuplesValue, self)._convert(items))
+
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        split_value = [
+            v.strip() for v in value.strip().split(self.tuple_separator)
+        ]
+        # Remove empty items
+        value_list = filter(None, split_value)
+        tuples = [
+            super(TupleOfTuplesValue, self).to_python(v) for v in value_list
+        ]
+        return tuple(tuples)
+
+
 class SetValue(ListValue):
     message = 'Cannot interpret set item {0!r} in set {1!r}'
 
diff --git a/docs/values.rst b/docs/values.rst
index a107cc5..56c39fe 100644
--- a/docs/values.rst
+++ b/docs/values.rst
@@ -274,6 +274,27 @@ Type values
 
     See the :class:`~ListValue` examples above.
 
+.. class:: TupleOfTuplesValue(default, [tuple_separator=';', separator=',', converter=None])
+
+    A :class:`~TupleValue` subclass that handles tuple of tuples values.
+
+    :param tuple_separator: the separator to split each tuple with
+    :param separator: the separator to split the inner tuple contents with
+    :param converter: the optional converter callable to apply for each inner 
+                      tuple item
+
+    Useful for ADMINS, MANAGERS, and the like.  For example::
+
+        ADMINS = TupleOfTuplesValue((
+            ('John', 'jcleese@site.com'), 
+            ('Eric', 'eidle@site.com'),
+        ))
+
+    Override using environment variables like this::
+
+        DJANGO_ADMINS=Terry,tjones@site.com;Graham,gchapman@site.com
+
+
 .. class:: SetValue
 
     A :class:`~Value` subclass that handles set values.
diff --git a/tests/test_values.py b/tests/test_values.py
index 2c3d5ec..d7c2239 100644
--- a/tests/test_values.py
+++ b/tests/test_values.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ from mock import patch
 
 from configurations.values import (Value, BooleanValue, IntegerValue,
                                    FloatValue, DecimalValue, ListValue,
-                                   TupleValue, SetValue, DictValue,
-                                   URLValue, EmailValue, IPValue,
+                                   TupleValue, TupleOfTuplesValue, SetValue,
+                                   DictValue, URLValue, EmailValue, IPValue,
                                    RegexValue, PathValue, SecretValue,
                                    DatabaseURLValue, EmailURLValue,
                                    CacheURLValue, BackendsValue,
@@ -175,6 +175,37 @@ class ValueTests(TestCase):
         with env(DJANGO_TEST=''):
             self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), ())
 
+    def test_tuple_of_tuples_values_default(self):
+        value = TupleOfTuplesValue()
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST='2,3;4,5'):
+            expected = (('2', '3'), ('4', '5'))
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), expected)
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST='2;3;4;5'):
+            expected = (('2',), ('3',), ('4',), ('5',))
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), expected)
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST='2,3,4,5'):
+            expected = (('2', '3', '4', '5'),)
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), expected)
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST='2, 3 , ; 4 , 5 ; '):
+            expected = (('2', '3'), ('4', '5'))
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), expected)
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST=''):
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), ())
+
+    def test_tuple_of_tuples_values_separator(self):
+        value = TupleOfTuplesValue(tuple_separator=':')
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST='2,3:4,5'):
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), (('2', '3'), ('4', '5')))
+
+    def test_tuple_of_tuples_values_converter(self):
+        value = TupleOfTuplesValue(converter=int)
+        with env(DJANGO_TEST='2,3;4,5'):
+            self.assertEqual(value.setup('TEST'), ((2, 3), (4, 5)))
+
+    def test_tuple_of_tuples_values_converter_default(self):
+        value = TupleOfTuplesValue((('2', '3'), ('4', '5')), converter=int)
+        self.assertEqual(value.value, ((2, 3), (4, 5)))
+
     def test_set_values_default(self):
         value = SetValue()
         with env(DJANGO_TEST='2,2'):