diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3110220..4cf05a4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 language: python
 
 python:
-  - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
   - "3.3"
   - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
 
 env:
-  - DJANGO=1.6
-  - DJANGO=1.7
   - DJANGO=1.8
   - DJANGO=1.9
   - DJANGO=1.10
@@ -22,6 +19,7 @@ install:
   - pip install -q django~=$DJANGO.0
   - pip install coveralls
   - pip install mockredispy
+  - pip install django-redis-cache
   - pip install 'celery<4'
   - python setup.py develop
 
@@ -31,26 +29,12 @@ script:
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - python: "2.6"
-      env: DJANGO=1.7
-    - python: "2.6"
-      env: DJANGO=1.8
-    - python: "2.6"
-      env: DJANGO=1.9
-    - python: "2.6"
-      env: DJANGO=1.10
-    - python: "2.6"
-      env: DJANGO=1.11
     - python: "3.3"
       env: DJANGO=1.9
     - python: "3.3"
       env: DJANGO=1.10
     - python: "3.3"
       env: DJANGO=1.11
-    - python: "3.5"
-      env: DJANGO=1.6
-    - python: "3.5"
-      env: DJANGO=1.7
 
 after_success:
   - coveralls --verbose
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 103c1da..3bec96d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ to improve the login.
 requirements
 ============
 
-- django: 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 1.11.x
+- django: 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 1.11.x
 - redis
 - python: 2.6.x, 2.7.x, 3.3.x, 3.4.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, PyPy
 
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ locked out.
 * ``DEFENDER_REDIS_URL``: String: the redis url for defender.
 [Default: ``redis://localhost:6379/0``]
 (Example with password: ``redis://:mypassword@localhost:6379/0``)
+* ``DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME``: String: the name of your cache client on the CACHES django setting. If set, ``DEFENDER_REDIS_URL`` will be ignored.
+[Default: ``None``]
 * ``DEFENDER_STORE_ACCESS_ATTEMPTS``: Boolean: If you want to store the login
 attempt to the database, set to True. If False, it is not saved
 [Default: ``True``]
diff --git a/defender/config.py b/defender/config.py
index c51a75a..9a43799 100644
--- a/defender/config.py
+++ b/defender/config.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ def get_setting(variable, default=None):
 # redis server host
 DEFENDER_REDIS_URL = get_setting('DEFENDER_REDIS_URL')
 
+# reuse declared cache from django settings
+DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME = get_setting('DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME')
+
 MOCK_REDIS = get_setting('DEFENDER_MOCK_REDIS', False)
 
 # see if the user has overridden the failure limit
diff --git a/defender/connection.py b/defender/connection.py
index fc4f571..163eae1 100644
--- a/defender/connection.py
+++ b/defender/connection.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.core.cache import caches
+from django.core.cache.backends.base import InvalidCacheBackendError
 import mockredis
 import redis
 try:
@@ -12,12 +14,25 @@ urlparse.uses_netloc.append("redis")
 
 
 MOCKED_REDIS = mockredis.mock_strict_redis_client()
+INVALID_CACHE_ERROR_MSG = 'The cache {} was not found on the django cache settings.'
 
 
 def get_redis_connection():
     """ Get the redis connection if not using mock """
     if config.MOCK_REDIS:  # pragma: no cover
         return MOCKED_REDIS  # pragma: no cover
+    elif config.DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME:  # pragma: no cover
+        try:
+            cache = caches[config.DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME]
+        except InvalidCacheBackendError:
+            raise KeyError(INVALID_CACHE_ERROR_MSG.format(config.DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME))
+        # every redis backend implement it own way to get the low level client
+        try:
+            # redis_cache.RedisCache case (django-redis-cache package)
+            return cache.get_master_client()
+        except AttributeError:
+            # django_redis.cache.RedisCache case (django-redis package)
+            return cache._client
     else:  # pragma: no cover
         redis_config = parse_redis_url(config.DEFENDER_REDIS_URL)
         return redis.StrictRedis(
diff --git a/defender/tests.py b/defender/tests.py
index c896214..1860e60 100644
--- a/defender/tests.py
+++ b/defender/tests.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ from django import get_version
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore
-from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+from redis.client import Redis
 
 from . import utils
 from . import config
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@ from .connection import parse_redis_url, get_redis_connection
 from .models import AccessAttempt
 from .test import DefenderTestCase, DefenderTransactionTestCase
 
-# Django >= 1.7 compatibility
-try:
-    LOGIN_FORM_KEY = '<form action="/admin/login/" method="post"'
-    ' id="login-form">'
-    ADMIN_LOGIN_URL = reverse('admin:login')
-except NoReverseMatch:
-    ADMIN_LOGIN_URL = reverse('admin:index')
-    LOGIN_FORM_KEY = 'this_is_the_login_form'
+LOGIN_FORM_KEY = '<form action="/admin/login/" method="post" id="login-form">'
+ADMIN_LOGIN_URL = reverse('admin:login')
 
 DJANGO_VERSION = StrictVersion(get_version())
 
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ class AccessAttemptTest(DefenderTestCase):
         """ Returns a random str """
         chars = string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits
 
-        return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for x in range(20))
+        return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(20))
 
     def _login(self, username=None, password=None, user_agent='test-browser',
                remote_addr='127.0.0.1'):
@@ -193,7 +187,7 @@ class AccessAttemptTest(DefenderTestCase):
         """ Test an user with blocked ip cannot login with another username
         """
         for i in range(0, config.FAILURE_LIMIT + 1):
-            response = self._login(username=VALID_USERNAME)
+            self._login(username=VALID_USERNAME)
 
         # try to login with a different user
         response = self._login(username='myuser')
@@ -205,7 +199,7 @@ class AccessAttemptTest(DefenderTestCase):
         """
         for i in range(0, config.FAILURE_LIMIT + 1):
             ip = '74.125.239.{0}.'.format(i)
-            response = self._login(username=VALID_USERNAME, remote_addr=ip)
+            self._login(username=VALID_USERNAME, remote_addr=ip)
 
         # try to login with a different ip
         response = self._login(username=VALID_USERNAME, remote_addr='8.8.8.8')
@@ -457,6 +451,16 @@ class AccessAttemptTest(DefenderTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(conf.get('PASSWORD'), None)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get('PORT'), 1234)
 
+    @patch('defender.config.DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME', 'default')
+    def test_get_redis_connection_django_conf(self):
+        redis_client = get_redis_connection()
+        self.assertIsInstance(redis_client, Redis)
+
+    @patch('defender.config.DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME', 'bad-key')
+    def test_get_redis_connection_django_conf_wrong_key(self):
+        error_msg = 'The cache bad-key was not found on the django cache settings.'
+        self.assertRaisesMessage(KeyError, error_msg, get_redis_connection)
+
     def test_get_ip_address_from_request(self):
         req = HttpRequest()
         req.META['REMOTE_ADDR'] = '1.2.3.4'
@@ -589,8 +593,7 @@ class AccessAttemptTest(DefenderTestCase):
         response = self._login()
         self.assertContains(response, self.LOCKED_MESSAGE)
 
-        self.assertEqual(AccessAttempt.objects.count(),
-                          config.FAILURE_LIMIT + 1)
+        self.assertEqual(AccessAttempt.objects.count(), config.FAILURE_LIMIT + 1)
         self.assertIsNotNone(str(AccessAttempt.objects.all()[0]))
 
     @patch('defender.config.LOCKOUT_BY_IP_USERNAME', True)
diff --git a/defender/travis_settings.py b/defender/travis_settings.py
index 6193061..fed0b95 100644
--- a/defender/travis_settings.py
+++ b/defender/travis_settings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ DATABASES = {
     }
 }
 
+CACHES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'redis_cache.RedisCache',
+        'LOCATION': 'localhost:6379',
+    }
+}
 
 SITE_ID = 1
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b8a691f..f341b42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ setup(name='django-defender',
       include_package_data=True,
       packages=get_packages('defender'),
       package_data=get_package_data('defender'),
-      install_requires=['Django>=1.6,<=1.10', 'redis>=2.10.3,<3.0',
+      install_requires=['Django>=1.8,<=1.10', 'redis>=2.10.3,<3.0',
                         'hiredis>=0.2.0,<1.0', 'mockredispy>=2.9.0.11,<3.0'],
-      tests_require=['mock', 'mockredispy', 'coverage', 'celery'],
+      tests_require=['mock', 'mockredispy', 'coverage', 'celery', 'django-redis-cache'],
       )