diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/blocks.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/blocks.py
index feb8946fd..b060d3a19 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/blocks.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/blocks.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from django.utils.encoding import force_text, python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.deconstruct import deconstructible
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.forms import Media, CharField, ModelChoiceField
+from django.forms import Media, CharField, ModelChoiceField, Widget
 from django.forms.utils import ErrorList
 
 import six
@@ -869,3 +869,37 @@ class StreamValue(collections.Sequence):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.stream_block.render(self)
+
+
+# ========================
+# django.forms integration
+# ========================
+
+class BlockWidget(Widget):
+    """Wraps a block object as a widget so that it can be incorporated into a Django form"""
+    def __init__(self, block_def, attrs=None):
+        super(BlockWidget, self).__init__(attrs=attrs)
+        self.block_def = block_def
+
+    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
+        bound_block = self.block_def.bind(value, prefix=name)
+        js_initializer = self.block_def.js_initializer()
+        if js_initializer:
+            js_snippet = """
+                <script>
+                $(function() {
+                    var initializer = %s;
+                    initializer('%s');
+                })
+                </script>
+            """ % (js_initializer, name)
+        else:
+            js_snippet = ''
+        return mark_safe(bound_block.render_form() + js_snippet)
+
+    @property
+    def media(self):
+        return self.block_def.all_media()
+
+    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
+        return self.block_def.value_from_datadict(data, files, name)
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
index ec25e785e..2422d557d 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
 from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin import widgets
+from wagtail.wagtailadmin.blocks import BlockWidget
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import camelcase_to_underscore, resolve_model_string
 from wagtail.utils.deprecation import RemovedInWagtail11Warning
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ class BaseStreamFieldPanel(BaseFieldPanel):
 
     @classmethod
     def widget_overrides(cls):
-        return {cls.field_name: widgets.StreamWidget(block_def=cls.block_def)}
+        return {cls.field_name: BlockWidget(block_def=cls.block_def)}
 
     @classmethod
     def html_declarations(cls):
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/widgets.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/widgets.py
index 5c283b26e..3309acb6e 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/widgets.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/widgets.py
@@ -121,32 +121,3 @@ class AdminPageChooser(AdminChooser):
                 app=content_type.app_label,
                 model=content_type.model)),
             parent=json.dumps(parent.id if parent else None))
-
-
-class StreamWidget(widgets.Widget):
-    def __init__(self, block_def, attrs=None):
-        super(StreamWidget, self).__init__(attrs=attrs)
-        self.block_def = block_def
-
-    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
-        bound_block = self.block_def.bind(value, prefix=name)
-        js_initializer = self.block_def.js_initializer()
-        if js_initializer:
-            js_snippet = """
-                <script>
-                $(function() {
-                    var initializer = %s;
-                    initializer('%s');
-                })
-                </script>
-            """ % (js_initializer, name)
-        else:
-            js_snippet = ''
-        return mark_safe(bound_block.render_form() + js_snippet)
-
-    @property
-    def media(self):
-        return self.block_def.all_media()
-
-    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
-        return self.block_def.value_from_datadict(data, files, name)