diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4ff40be..c8432a9 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.15.1
+current_version = 0.15.2
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b795e04..a474a67 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+
+Version 0.15.2 (2016-09-29)
+---------------------------
+
+* #507 Fix compatibility issue when not using the DTL
+
+
 Version 0.15.1 (2016-09-28)
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/django_filters/__init__.py b/django_filters/__init__.py
index ce89845..cb72924 100644
--- a/django_filters/__init__.py
+++ b/django_filters/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from .filterset import FilterSet
 from .filters import *
 
-__version__ = '0.15.1'
+__version__ = '0.15.2'
 
 
 def parse_version(version):
diff --git a/django_filters/rest_framework/backends.py b/django_filters/rest_framework/backends.py
index 074a431..4027ac2 100644
--- a/django_filters/rest_framework/backends.py
+++ b/django_filters/rest_framework/backends.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ FILTER_TEMPLATE = """
 
 if compat.is_crispy:
     template_path = 'django_filters/rest_framework/crispy_form.html'
-    template_default = Template(CRISPY_TEMPLATE)
+    template_default = CRISPY_TEMPLATE
 
 else:
     template_path = 'django_filters/rest_framework/form.html'
-    template_default = Template(FILTER_TEMPLATE)
+    template_default = FILTER_TEMPLATE
 
 
 class DjangoFilterBackend(BaseFilterBackend):
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class DjangoFilterBackend(BaseFilterBackend):
         try:
             template = loader.get_template(self.template)
         except TemplateDoesNotExist:
-            template = template_default
+            template = Template(template_default)
 
         return template_render(template, context={
             'filter': filter_instance
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4e5cf76..752c549 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ copyright = u'2013, Alex Gaynor and others.'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.15.1'
+version = '0.15.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.15.1'
+release = '0.15.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5964ea3..2ee6683 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ f = open('README.rst')
 readme = f.read()
 f.close()
 
-version = '0.15.1'
+version = '0.15.2'
 
 if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
     if os.system("pip freeze | grep wheel"):
diff --git a/tests/rest_framework/test_backends.py b/tests/rest_framework/test_backends.py
index f867b72..f6b383c 100644
--- a/tests/rest_framework/test_backends.py
+++ b/tests/rest_framework/test_backends.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 
 from django_filters import filters
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend, FilterSet
+from django_filters.rest_framework import backends
 
 from .models import BaseFilterableItem, BasicModel, FilterableItem, DjangoFilterOrderingModel
 
@@ -327,6 +328,17 @@ class IntegrationTestFiltering(CommonFilteringTestCase):
 
         self.assertHTMLEqual(html, "Test")
 
+    @override_settings(TEMPLATES=[])
+    def test_DTL_missing(self):
+        # The backend should be importable even if the DTL is not used.
+        # See: https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter/issues/506
+        try:
+            from importlib import reload  # python 3.4
+        except ImportError:
+            from imp import reload
+
+        reload(backends)
+
 
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.rest_framework.test_backends')
 class IntegrationTestDetailFiltering(CommonFilteringTestCase):