diff -r 1a7ab7e5129c djangorestframework/permissions.py
--- a/djangorestframework/permissions.py    Wed Jul 13 12:42:02 2011 +0100
+++ b/djangorestframework/permissions.py    Sat Dec 03 10:43:13 2011 +0100
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     """

     def check_permission(self, user):
-        if not user.is_admin():
+        if not user.is_superuser:
             raise _403_FORBIDDEN_RESPONSE