diff --git a/fernet_fields/fields.py b/fernet_fields/fields.py
index 43569dd..ab704ea 100644
--- a/fernet_fields/fields.py
+++ b/fernet_fields/fields.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, MultiFernet
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError, ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
+from .utils import force_text
 from . import hkdf
 
 
diff --git a/fernet_fields/test/test_fields.py b/fernet_fields/test/test_fields.py
index bd8e5b8..cf52489 100644
--- a/fernet_fields/test/test_fields.py
+++ b/fernet_fields/test/test_fields.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 from datetime import date, datetime
 
+import pytest
+from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
+
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError, ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import connection, models as dj_models
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
-import pytest
+from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 import fernet_fields as fields
+from fernet_fields.utils import force_text
+
 from . import models
 
 
diff --git a/fernet_fields/utils.py b/fernet_fields/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12d6d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fernet_fields/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
+
+
+if DJANGO_VERSION[0] < 3:
+    from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+else:
+    from django.utils.encoding import force_str as force_text
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8dc7d30..68e9e9d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 envlist =
     py36-{docs,flake8},
     py{27,35,36,37,py}-django111-{pg,sqlite},
-    py{35,36,37}-{django21,django22,djangolatest}-{pg,sqlite},
+    py{35,36,37}-{django21,django22,django30,djangolatest}-{pg,sqlite},
     flake8,
     docs
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ deps =
     django111: Django>=1.11,<2
     django21: Django>=2.1,<2.2
     django22: Django>=2.2,<2.3
-    djangolatest: Django>=2.2
+    django30: Django>=3.0,<3.1
+    djangolatest: Django>=3.0
 
     # Older PyPy versions (and all released PyPy3 versions) don't work with cryptography 1.0
     py{py,py3}: cryptography<1