diff --git a/taggit/migrations/__init__.py b/taggit/migrations/__init__.py
index e69de29..c7e346b 100644
--- a/taggit/migrations/__init__.py
+++ b/taggit/migrations/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""
+Django migrations for taggit app
+
+This package does not contain South migrations.  South migrations can be found
+in the ``south_migrations`` package.
+"""
+
+SOUTH_ERROR_MESSAGE = """\n
+For South support, customize the SOUTH_MIGRATION_MODULES setting like so:
+
+    SOUTH_MIGRATION_MODULES = {
+        'taggit': 'taggit.south_migrations',
+    }
+"""
+
+# Ensure the user is not using Django 1.6 or below with South
+try:
+    from django.db import migrations  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured(SOUTH_ERROR_MESSAGE)
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 888d6a9..0b5f486 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
 
 from unittest import TestCase as UnitTestCase
 try:
-    from unittest import skipIf
+    from unittest import skipIf, skipUnless
 except:
-    from django.utils.unittest import skipIf
+    from django.utils.unittest import skipIf, skipUnless
 
 import django
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError
 from django.core import serializers
 from django.db import connection
 from django.test import TestCase, TransactionTestCase
@@ -560,3 +560,13 @@ class DeconstructTestCase(UnitTestCase):
         name, path, args, kwargs = instance.deconstruct()
         new_instance = TaggableManager(*args, **kwargs)
         self.assertEqual(instance.rel.through, new_instance.rel.through)
+
+
+@skipUnless(django.VERSION < (1, 7), "test only applies to 1.6 and below")
+class SouthSupportTests(TestCase):
+    def test_import_migrations_module(self):
+        try:
+            from taggit.migrations import __doc__  # noqa
+        except ImproperlyConfigured as e:
+            exception = e
+        self.assertIn("SOUTH_MIGRATION_MODULES", exception.args[0])