diff --git a/django_tables2/columns/base.py b/django_tables2/columns/base.py
index b0aa69f..ea27678 100644
--- a/django_tables2/columns/base.py
+++ b/django_tables2/columns/base.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from itertools import islice
 import warnings
 
 from django.db.models.fields import FieldDoesNotExist
+from django import VERSION as django_version
 import six
 
 from django_tables2.templatetags.django_tables2 import title
@@ -465,8 +466,13 @@ class BoundColumn(object):
             parts = self.accessor.split('.')
             field = None
             for part in parts:
+
                 try:
-                    field = model._meta.get_field(part)
+                    if django_version < (1, 8, 0):
+                        field, _, _, _ = model._meta.get_field_by_name(part)
+                    else:
+                        field = model._meta.get_field(part)
+
                 except FieldDoesNotExist:
                     break
                 if hasattr(field, 'rel') and hasattr(field.rel, 'to'):
@@ -474,7 +480,10 @@ class BoundColumn(object):
                     continue
                 break
             if field:
-                name = field.verbose_name
+                if hasattr(field, 'field'):
+                    name = field.field.verbose_name
+                else:
+                    name = field.verbose_name
         return name
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/app/models.py b/tests/app/models.py
index 335f225..18a8da9 100644
--- a/tests/app/models.py
+++ b/tests/app/models.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class Region(models.Model):
         return self.name
 
 
+class PersonInformation(models.Model):
+    person = models.ForeignKey(
+        Person, related_name='info_list', verbose_name='Information')
+
+
 # -- haystack -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if not six.PY3:  # Haystack isn't compatible with Python 3
diff --git a/tests/columns/test_general.py b/tests/columns/test_general.py
index b5a2443..7a08d85 100644
--- a/tests/columns/test_general.py
+++ b/tests/columns/test_general.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe, SafeData
+import pytest
 
 import django_tables2 as tables
 from ..app.models import Person
@@ -51,6 +52,17 @@ def test_should_support_safe_verbose_name_via_model():
     assert isinstance(table.columns["safe"].header, SafeData)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_handle_verbose_name_of_many2onerel():
+
+    class Table(tables.Table):
+        count = tables.Column(accessor='info_list.count')
+
+    Person.objects.create(first_name='bradley', last_name='ayers')
+    table = Table(Person.objects.all())
+    assert table.columns['count'].verbose_name == 'Information'
+
+
 def test_sortable_backwards_compatibility():
     # Table.Meta.sortable (not set)
     class SimpleTable(tables.Table):