diff --git a/dbtemplates/admin.py b/dbtemplates/admin.py
index efdfbcb..7e4dae8 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/admin.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import posixpath
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext, ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
@@ -59,6 +60,14 @@ if settings.DBTEMPLATES_AUTO_POPULATE_CONTENT:
 else:
     content_help_text = ""
 
+if settings.DBTEMPLATES_USE_CODEMIRROR and settings.DBTEMPLATES_USE_TINYMCE:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("You may use either CodeMirror or TinyMCE "
+        "with dbtemplates, not both. Please disable one of them.")
+
+if settings.DBTEMPLATES_USE_TINYMCE:
+    from tinymce.widgets import AdminTinyMCE
+    TemplateContentTextArea = AdminTinyMCE
+
 
 class TemplateAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
     """
diff --git a/dbtemplates/conf.py b/dbtemplates/conf.py
index e1075a2..0bcf4ec 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/conf.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/conf.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from appconf import AppConf
 class DbTemplatesConf(AppConf):
     USE_CODEMIRROR = False
     USE_REVERSION = False
+    USE_TINYMCE = False
     ADD_DEFAULT_SITE = True
     AUTO_POPULATE_CONTENT = True
     MEDIA_PREFIX = None
@@ -40,3 +41,9 @@ class DbTemplatesConf(AppConf):
             raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please add 'reversion' to your "
                 "INSTALLED_APPS setting to make use of it in dbtemplates.")
         return value
+
+    def configure_use_tinymce(self, value):
+        if value and 'tinymce' not in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please add 'tinymce' to your "
+                "INSTALLED_APPS setting to make use of it in dbtemplates.")
+        return value