diff --git a/openapi_core/contrib/django/backports.py b/openapi_core/contrib/django/backports.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b661ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openapi_core/contrib/django/backports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""OpenAPI core contrib django backports module"""
+
+
+class HttpHeaders(dict):
+    HTTP_PREFIX = 'HTTP_'
+    # PEP 333 gives two headers which aren't prepended with HTTP_.
+    UNPREFIXED_HEADERS = {'CONTENT_TYPE', 'CONTENT_LENGTH'}
+
+    def __init__(self, environ):
+        headers = {}
+        for header, value in environ.items():
+            name = self.parse_header_name(header)
+            if name:
+                headers[name] = value
+        super(HttpHeaders, self).__init__(headers)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_header_name(cls, header):
+        if header.startswith(cls.HTTP_PREFIX):
+            header = header[len(cls.HTTP_PREFIX):]
+        elif header not in cls.UNPREFIXED_HEADERS:
+            return None
+        return header.replace('_', '-').title()
+
+
+def request_current_scheme_host(req):
+    return '{}://{}'.format(req.scheme, req.get_host())
diff --git a/openapi_core/contrib/django/compat.py b/openapi_core/contrib/django/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7459c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openapi_core/contrib/django/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""OpenAPI core contrib django compat module"""
+from openapi_core.contrib.django.backports import (
+    HttpHeaders, request_current_scheme_host,
+)
+
+
+def get_headers(req):
+    # in Django 1 headers is not defined
+    return req.headers if hasattr(req, 'headers') else \
+        HttpHeaders(req.META)
+
+
+def get_current_scheme_host(req):
+    # in Django 1 _current_scheme_host is not defined
+    return req._current_scheme_host if hasattr(req, '_current_scheme_host') \
+        else request_current_scheme_host(req)
diff --git a/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py b/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py
index 5e4e3a9..d674657 100644
--- a/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py
+++ b/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import re
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 
+from openapi_core.contrib.django.compat import (
+    get_headers, get_current_scheme_host,
+)
 from openapi_core.validation.request.datatypes import (
     RequestParameters, OpenAPIRequest,
 )
@@ -36,14 +39,15 @@ class DjangoOpenAPIRequestFactory(object):
             path_pattern = '/' + route
 
         path = request.resolver_match and request.resolver_match.kwargs or {}
+        headers = get_headers(request)
         parameters = RequestParameters(
             path=path,
             query=request.GET,
-            header=request.headers.items(),
+            header=headers.items(),
             cookie=request.COOKIES,
         )
-        full_url_pattern = urljoin(
-            request._current_scheme_host, path_pattern)
+        current_scheme_host = get_current_scheme_host(request)
+        full_url_pattern = urljoin(current_scheme_host, path_pattern)
         return OpenAPIRequest(
             full_url_pattern=full_url_pattern,
             method=method,
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index c55a939..e5d462e 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ pytest-cov==2.5.1
 falcon==2.0.0; python_version<"3.0"
 falcon==3.0.0; python_version>="3.0"
 flask
+django==1.11.29; python_version<"3.0"
 django==2.2.18; python_version>="3.0"
+djangorestframework==3.9.4
 requests==2.22.0
 responses==0.10.12
 webob
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/conftest.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce5074b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import mock
+import pytest
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+@pytest.yield_fixture(autouse=True, scope='module')
+def django_setup():
+    directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    django_project_dir = os.path.join(directory, 'data')
+    sys.path.insert(0, django_project_dir)
+    with mock.patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE': 'djangoproject.settings',
+        }
+    ):
+        import django
+        django.setup()
+        yield
+    sys.path.remove(django_project_dir)
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/__init__.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c16bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"""
+Django settings for djangotest project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.2.18.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = '9=z^yj5yo%g_dyvgdzbceyph^nae)91lq(7^!qqmr1t9wi8b^='
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['testserver']
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'rest_framework',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'djangotest.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'djangotest.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = []
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+OPENAPI_SPEC_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'openapi.yaml')
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/__init__.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/migrations/__init__.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa8448a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import yaml
+
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from openapi_core import create_spec
+from openapi_core.validation.request.validators import RequestValidator
+from openapi_core.validation.response.validators import ResponseValidator
+from openapi_core.contrib.django import (
+    DjangoOpenAPIRequest, DjangoOpenAPIResponse,
+)
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+from djangoproject import settings
+
+
+class TestView(APIView):
+
+    def get(self, request, pk):
+        with open(settings.OPENAPI_SPEC_PATH) as file:
+            spec_yaml = file.read()
+        spec_dict = yaml.load(spec_yaml)
+        spec = create_spec(spec_dict)
+
+        openapi_request = DjangoOpenAPIRequest(request)
+
+        request_validator = RequestValidator(spec)
+        result = request_validator.validate(openapi_request)
+        result.raise_for_errors()
+
+        response_dict = {
+            "test": "test_val",
+        }
+        django_response = JsonResponse(response_dict)
+
+        openapi_response = DjangoOpenAPIResponse(django_response)
+        validator = ResponseValidator(spec)
+        result = validator.validate(openapi_request, openapi_response)
+        result.raise_for_errors()
+
+        return django_response
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_extra_actions():
+        return []
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09dfd99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""djangotest URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import include, path
+from djangotest.testapp import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path(
+        'api-auth/',
+        include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'),
+    ),
+    path(
+        'test/<int:pk>',
+        views.TestView.as_view(),
+        name='test',
+    ),
+]
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37ba7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+openapi: '3.0.0'
+info:
+  version: '0.0.1'
+  title: Test Service
+paths:
+  '/test/{pk}':
+    get:
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Default
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  test:
+                    type: string
+                required:
+                  - test
+      parameters:
+        - required: true
+          in: path
+          name: pk
+          schema:
+            type: integer
+            minimum: 1
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/test_django_rest_framework_apiview.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/test_django_rest_framework_apiview.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ccc39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/test_django_rest_framework_apiview.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import pytest
+
+from six import b
+
+
+class TestDjangoRESTFrameworkAPIView(object):
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def api_request_factory(self):
+        from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
+        return APIRequestFactory()
+
+    def test_get(self, api_request_factory):
+        from djangoproject.testapp.views import TestView
+        view = TestView.as_view()
+        request = api_request_factory.get('/test/4')
+
+        response = view(request, pk='4')
+
+        assert response.content == b('{"test": "test_val"}')