1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index c04a6affb7..9236207f94 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class ModelBase(type):
 
         # Build complete list of parents
         for base in parents:
-            if base is not Model:
+            # Things without _meta aren't functional models, so they're
+            # uninteresting parents.
+            if hasattr(base, '_meta'):
                 new_class._meta.parents.append(base)
                 new_class._meta.parents.extend(base._meta.parents)
 
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ class Model(object):
         # There is a rather weird disparity here; if kwargs, it's set, then args
         # overrides it. It should be one or the other; don't duplicate the work
         # The reason for the kwargs check is that standard iterator passes in by
-        # args, and nstantiation for iteration is 33% faster.
+        # args, and instantiation for iteration is 33% faster.
         args_len = len(args)
         if args_len > len(self._meta.fields):
             # Daft, but matches old exception sans the err msg.