diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/__init__.py b/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..7c3c4ce08d 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default_app_config = 'wagtail.contrib.modeladmin.apps.WagtailModelAdminAppConfig'
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/apps.py b/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19487aa9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class WagtailModelAdminAppConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'wagtail.contrib.modeladmin'
+    label = 'wagtailmodeladmin'
+    verbose_name = "Wagtail ModelAdmin"