diff --git a/pip_requirements.txt b/pip_requirements.txt
index 3ed478497..2800e8ac8 100644
--- a/pip_requirements.txt
+++ b/pip_requirements.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ virtualenv==1.8.4
 doc2dash==1.1.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.1.3
 lxml==3.0.2
+djangorestframework==2.3.6
 
 # Pegged git requirements
 git+git://github.com/toastdriven/django-haystack@259274e4127f723d76b893c87a82777f9490b960#egg=django_haystack
diff --git a/readthedocs/settings/base.py b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
index 1f95abf24..6831507b1 100644
--- a/readthedocs/settings/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'guardian',
     'django_gravatar',
     'django_nose',
+    'rest_framework',
 
     # Celery bits
     'djcelery',
@@ -134,10 +135,14 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'websupport',
 ]
 
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': ('rest_framework.permissions.IsAdminUser',),
+    'PAGINATE_BY': 10
+}
+
 if DEBUG:
     INSTALLED_APPS.append('django_extensions')
 
-
 #CARROT_BACKEND = "ghettoq.taproot.Database"
 CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
 CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 60*60  # 60 minutes
diff --git a/readthedocs/urls.py b/readthedocs/urls.py
index 33e7faa26..16de1e1fa 100644
--- a/readthedocs/urls.py
+++ b/readthedocs/urls.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
         name='profiles_profile_edit'),
     url(r'^profiles/', include('profiles.urls')),
     url(r'^api/', include(v1_api.urls)),
+    url(r'^api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework')),
     url(r'^feeds/new/$',
         NewProjectsFeed(),
         name="new_feed"),