diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index e25f619c3c..6768984eca 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Media(StrAndUnicode):
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         "Returns a Media object that only contains media of the given type"
         if name in MEDIA_TYPES:
-            return Media(**{name: getattr(self, '_' + name)})
+            return Media(**{str(name): getattr(self, '_' + name)})
         raise KeyError('Unknown media type "%s"' % name)
 
     def add_js(self, data):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/media.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/media.py
index d05db1f164..fc1b412bcf 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/media.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/media.py
@@ -355,5 +355,17 @@ media_tests = r"""
 <script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/js4"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="/some/form/javascript"></script>
 
+# Media works in templates
+>>> from django.template import Template, Context
+>>> Template("{{ form.media.js }}{{ form.media.css }}").render(Context({'form': f3}))
+u'<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/js1"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="http://media.other.com/path/to/js2"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="https://secure.other.com/path/to/js3"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/js4"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="/some/form/javascript"></script><link href="http://media.example.com/media/path/to/css1" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" />
+<link href="/path/to/css2" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" />
+<link href="/path/to/css3" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" />
+<link href="/some/form/css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" />'
+
 >>> settings.MEDIA_URL = ORIGINAL_MEDIA_URL
-"""
\ No newline at end of file
+"""