diff --git a/django/contrib/syndication/feeds.py b/django/contrib/syndication/feeds.py
index 3deefc5866..e648c6c746 100644
--- a/django/contrib/syndication/feeds.py
+++ b/django/contrib/syndication/feeds.py
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ class Feed(object):
     item_pubdate = None
     item_enclosure_url = None
     feed_type = feedgenerator.DefaultFeed
+    title_template = None
+    description_template = None
 
     def __init__(self, slug, feed_url):
         self.slug = slug
         self.feed_url = feed_url
+        self.title_template_name = self.title_template or ('feeds/%s_title.html' % slug)
+        self.description_template_name = self.description_template or ('feeds/%s_description.html' % slug)
 
     def item_link(self, item):
         try:
@@ -77,13 +81,13 @@ class Feed(object):
         )
 
         try:
-            title_template = loader.get_template('feeds/%s_title.html' % self.slug)
+            title_tmp = loader.get_template(self.title_template_name)
         except TemplateDoesNotExist:
-            title_template = Template('{{ obj }}')
+            title_tmp = Template('{{ obj }}')
         try:
-            description_template = loader.get_template('feeds/%s_description.html' % self.slug)
+            description_tmp = loader.get_template(self.description_template_name)
         except TemplateDoesNotExist:
-            description_template = Template('{{ obj }}')
+            description_tmp = Template('{{ obj }}')
 
         for item in self.__get_dynamic_attr('items', obj):
             link = add_domain(current_site.domain, self.__get_dynamic_attr('item_link', item))
@@ -102,9 +106,9 @@ class Feed(object):
             else:
                 author_email = author_link = None
             feed.add_item(
-                title = title_template.render(Context({'obj': item, 'site': current_site})).decode('utf-8'),
+                title = title_tmp.render(Context({'obj': item, 'site': current_site})).decode('utf-8'),
                 link = link,
-                description = description_template.render(Context({'obj': item, 'site': current_site})).decode('utf-8'),
+                description = description_tmp.render(Context({'obj': item, 'site': current_site})).decode('utf-8'),
                 unique_id = link,
                 enclosure = enc,
                 pubdate = self.__get_dynamic_attr('item_pubdate', item),
diff --git a/docs/syndication_feeds.txt b/docs/syndication_feeds.txt
index 4f77c4ff21..c84785b20b 100644
--- a/docs/syndication_feeds.txt
+++ b/docs/syndication_feeds.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ put into those elements.
 
       If you don't create a template for either the title or description, the
       framework will use the template ``"{{ obj }}"`` by default -- that is,
-      the normal string representation of the object.
+      the normal string representation of the object. You can also change the
+      names of these two templates by specifying ``title_template`` and
+      ``description_template`` as attributes of your ``Feed`` class.
     * To specify the contents of ``<link>``, you have two options. For each
       item in ``items()``, Django first tries executing a
       ``get_absolute_url()`` method on that object. If that method doesn't
@@ -342,6 +344,16 @@ This example illustrates all possible attributes and methods for a ``Feed`` clas
 
         feed_type = feedgenerator.Rss201rev2Feed
 
+        # TEMPLATE NAMES -- Optional. These should be strings representing
+        # names of Django templates that the system should use in rendering the
+        # title and description of your feed items. Both are optional.
+        # If you don't specify one, or either, Django will use the template
+        # 'feeds/SLUG_title.html' and 'feeds/SLUG_description.html', where SLUG
+        # is the slug you specify in the URL.
+
+        title_template = None
+        description_template = None
+
         # TITLE -- One of the following three is required. The framework looks
         # for them in this order.