diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 0a95d6a90d..563d973e21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Changelog
 
  * Fix: Wagtail's middleware classes are now compatible with Django 1.10's new-style middleware (Karl Hobley)
  * Fix: The `Pages.can_create_at` method is now checked in the create page view (Mikalai Radchuk)
+ * Fix: Fixed regression on Django 1.10.1 causing Page subclasses to fail to use PageManager (Matt Westcott)
 
 
 1.6 (15.08.2016)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.1.rst b/docs/releases/1.6.1.rst
index 29d2673de4..f81b1b048e 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.1.rst
@@ -15,3 +15,24 @@ Bug fixes
 
 * Wagtail's middleware classes are now compatible with Django 1.10's `new-style middleware <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/releases/1.10/#new-style-middleware>`_ (Karl Hobley)
 * The :meth:`~wagtail.wagtailcore.models.Page.can_create_at` method is now checked in the create page view (Mikalai Radchuk)
+* Fixed regression on Django 1.10.1 causing Page subclasses to fail to use PageManager (Matt Westcott)
+
+
+Upgrade considerations
+======================
+
+Multi-level inheritance and custom managers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The inheritance rules for :ref:`custom_page_managers` have been updated to match Django's standard behaviour. In the vast majority of scenarios there will be no change. However, in the specific case where a page model with a custom ``objects`` manager is subclassed further, the subclass will be assigned a plain ``Manager`` instead of a ``PageManager``, and will now need to explicitly override this with a ``PageManager`` to function correctly:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class EventPage(Page):
+        objects = EventManager()
+
+
+    class SpecialEventPage(EventPage):
+        # Previously SpecialEventPage.objects would be set to a PageManager automatically;
+        # this now needs to be set explicitly
+        objects = PageManager()
diff --git a/docs/topics/pages.rst b/docs/topics/pages.rst
index 7b72d3f3f8..eefe5cd483 100644
--- a/docs/topics/pages.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/pages.rst
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ This is because ``Page`` enforces ordering QuerySets by path. Instead, you must
 
     news_items = NewsItemPage.objects.live().order_by('-publication_date')
 
+.. _custom_page_managers:
+
 Custom Page managers
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
index 9143913902..2a42b4de6f 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
@@ -261,14 +261,6 @@ class PageBase(models.base.ModelBase):
             # don't proceed with all this page type registration stuff
             return
 
-        # Override the default `objects` attribute with a `PageManager`.
-        # Managers are not inherited by MTI child models, so `Page` subclasses
-        # will get a plain `Manager` instead of a `PageManager`.
-        # If the developer has set their own custom `Manager` subclass, do not
-        # clobber it.
-        if not cls._meta.abstract and type(cls.objects) is models.Manager:
-            PageManager().contribute_to_class(cls, 'objects')
-
         if 'template' not in dct:
             # Define a default template path derived from the app name and model name
             cls.template = "%s/%s.html" % (cls._meta.app_label, camelcase_to_underscore(name))
@@ -289,8 +281,21 @@ class PageBase(models.base.ModelBase):
             PAGE_MODEL_CLASSES.append(cls)
 
 
+class AbstractPage(MP_Node):
+    """
+    Abstract superclass for Page. According to Django's inheritance rules, managers set on
+    abstract models are inherited by subclasses, but managers set on concrete models that are extended
+    via multi-table inheritance are not. We therefore need to attach PageManager to an abstract
+    superclass to ensure that it is retained by subclasses of Page.
+    """
+    objects = PageManager()
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
-class Page(six.with_metaclass(PageBase, MP_Node, index.Indexed, ClusterableModel)):
+class Page(six.with_metaclass(PageBase, AbstractPage, index.Indexed, ClusterableModel)):
     title = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_('title'),
         max_length=255,
@@ -391,8 +396,6 @@ class Page(six.with_metaclass(PageBase, MP_Node, index.Indexed, ClusterableModel
     # Do not allow plain Page instances to be created through the Wagtail admin
     is_creatable = False
 
-    objects = PageManager()
-
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Page, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         if not self.id and not self.content_type_id: