diff --git a/src/drf_yasg/app_settings.py b/src/drf_yasg/app_settings.py
index dd14fdc8..565a12f5 100644
--- a/src/drf_yasg/app_settings.py
+++ b/src/drf_yasg/app_settings.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
     'DEFAULT_API_URL': None,
 
     'USE_SESSION_AUTH': True,
+    'CSRF_COOKIE_NAME': settings.CSRF_COOKIE_NAME,
+    'CSRF_HEADER_NAME': settings.CSRF_HEADER_NAME,
     'SECURITY_DEFINITIONS': {
         'Basic': {
             'type': 'basic'
diff --git a/src/drf_yasg/renderers.py b/src/drf_yasg/renderers.py
index 7d79aaf6..cf32cdf7 100644
--- a/src/drf_yasg/renderers.py
+++ b/src/drf_yasg/renderers.py
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ def get_swagger_ui_settings(self):
             'refetchWithAuth': swagger_settings.REFETCH_SCHEMA_WITH_AUTH,
             'refetchOnLogout': swagger_settings.REFETCH_SCHEMA_ON_LOGOUT,
             'fetchSchemaWithQuery': swagger_settings.FETCH_SCHEMA_WITH_QUERY,
+            'csrfCookie': swagger_settings.CSRF_COOKIE_NAME,
+            # remove HTTP_ and convert underscores to dashes
+            'csrfHeader': swagger_settings.CSRF_HEADER_NAME[5:].replace('_', '-'),
         }
 
         data = filter_none(data)
diff --git a/src/drf_yasg/static/drf-yasg/swagger-ui-init.js b/src/drf_yasg/static/drf-yasg/swagger-ui-init.js
index 9606a3be..4ef2fd51 100644
--- a/src/drf_yasg/static/drf-yasg/swagger-ui-init.js
+++ b/src/drf_yasg/static/drf-yasg/swagger-ui-init.js
@@ -36,11 +36,26 @@ var swaggerUiConfig = {
     ],
     layout: "StandaloneLayout",
     filter: true,
+    csrfCookie: 'csrftoken',
+    csrfHeader: 'X-CSRFToken',
     requestInterceptor: function (request) {
         var headers = request.headers || {};
         var csrftoken = document.querySelector("[name=csrfmiddlewaretoken]");
         if (csrftoken) {
-            headers["X-CSRFToken"] = csrftoken.value;
+            csrftoken = csrftoken.value;
+        } else {
+            var cookies = document.cookie.split(/;\s+/);
+            var name = swaggerUiConfig.csrfCookie;
+            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
+                if (cookies[i].indexOf(name) === 0) {
+                    csrftoken = cookies[i].slice(cookies[i].indexOf('=') + 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (csrftoken) {
+            headers[swaggerUiConfig.csrfHeader] = csrftoken;
         }
 
         return request;