1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py b/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py
index de069659e1..9ad5cde87f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py
@@ -138,5 +138,12 @@ class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
         return salted_hmac(key_salt, self.password).hexdigest()
 
     @classmethod
+    def get_email_field_name(cls):
+        try:
+            return cls.EMAIL_FIELD
+        except AttributeError:
+            return 'email'
+
+    @classmethod
     def normalize_username(cls, username):
         return unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', force_text(username))