diff --git a/provider/oauth2/forms.py b/provider/oauth2/forms.py
index b5d04c3..bb4dcb8 100644
--- a/provider/oauth2/forms.py
+++ b/provider/oauth2/forms.py
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ class ScopeChoiceField(forms.ChoiceField):
         if not value:
             return []
 
+        # New in Django 1.6: value may come in as a string.
+        # Instead of raising an `OAuthValidationError`, try to parse and
+        # ultimately return an empty list if nothing remains -- this will
+        # eventually raise an `OAuthValidationError` in `validate` where
+        # it should be anyways.
         if not isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
-            raise OAuthValidationError({'error': 'invalid_request'})
+            value = value.split(' ')
 
         # Split values into list
         return u' '.join([smart_unicode(val) for val in value]).split(u' ')
diff --git a/provider/oauth2/tests.py b/provider/oauth2/tests.py
index 1b396fe..4a2a764 100644
--- a/provider/oauth2/tests.py
+++ b/provider/oauth2/tests.py
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ class AuthorizationTest(BaseOAuth2TestCase):
         response = self.client.get(self.auth_url() + '?client_id=%s&response_type=code&scope=invalid+invalid2' % self.get_client().client_id)
         response = self.client.get(self.auth_url2())
 
-        # self.assertEqual(400, response.status_code)
-        # self.assertTrue(escape(u"'invalid' is not a valid scope.") in response.content)
+        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_code)
+        self.assertTrue(escape(u"'invalid' is not a valid scope.") in response.content)
 
         response = self.client.get(self.auth_url() + '?client_id=%s&response_type=code&scope=%s' % (
             self.get_client().client_id,