diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 025172814..9fe7cb7b1 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -50,4 +50,12 @@ pytest-xdist==1.31.0
 cssselect==1.1.0
 
 # PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.5
\ No newline at end of file
+psycopg2-binary==2.8.5
+
+# JSON Web Token implementation in Python
+# https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+PyJWT==1.7.1
+
+# A JSON Web Token authentication plugin for the Django REST Framework.
+# https://django-rest-framework-simplejwt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+djangorestframework-simplejwt==4.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/attendee/api/views.py b/src/attendee/api/views.py
index b7a9fc338..12c56c9f1 100644
--- a/src/attendee/api/views.py
+++ b/src/attendee/api/views.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from registry.helper import reg
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication import JWTAuthentication
 
-from core.authentication import TokenAuthentication
 from attendee.models import Attendee
 
 
 class AttendeeAPIView(views.APIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     model = Attendee
diff --git a/src/events/api/views.py b/src/events/api/views.py
index 7e8906481..e7eb53b60 100644
--- a/src/events/api/views.py
+++ b/src/events/api/views.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication import JWTAuthentication
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models import Count
 from django.http import Http404
 
-from core.authentication import TokenAuthentication
 from events.models import (
     CustomEvent, Location, ProposedTalkEvent,
     ProposedTutorialEvent, SponsoredEvent, Time, KeynoteEvent
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TutorialListAPIView(ListAPIView):
 
 
 class SpeechListAPIView(APIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class TutorialDetailAPIView(RetrieveAPIView):
 
 
 class SpeechDetailAPIView(APIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def display(self):
 
 
 class ScheduleAPIView(APIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     event_querysets = [
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def get(self, request):
 
 
 class KeynoteEventListAPIView(ListAPIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     queryset = KeynoteEvent.objects.all()
diff --git a/src/pycontw2016/settings/local.py b/src/pycontw2016/settings/local.py
index 929560a70..e174b9517 100644
--- a/src/pycontw2016/settings/local.py
+++ b/src/pycontw2016/settings/local.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     env,
 )
 from .base import *             # NOQA
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 import logging.config
 import os
@@ -99,3 +100,8 @@
 
 
 DJANGO_Q_DEBUG = True
+
+SIMPLE_JWT = {
+    'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(minutes=10),
+    'AUTH_HEADER_TYPES': ('Token',),
+}
diff --git a/src/pycontw2016/urls.py b/src/pycontw2016/urls.py
index a10087a07..1d667b3e9 100644
--- a/src/pycontw2016/urls.py
+++ b/src/pycontw2016/urls.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     url(r'^api/events/', include('events.api.urls', namespace="events")),
     url(r'^set-language/$', set_language, name='set_language'),
     url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    url(r'^api/attendee/', include('attendee.api.urls'))
+    url(r'^api/attendee/', include('attendee.api.urls')),
+    url(r'api/token/', include('security.urls'))
 ]
 
 # User-uploaded files like profile pics need to be served in development.
diff --git a/src/security/__init__.py b/src/security/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/security/urls.py b/src/security/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..074d7759f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/security/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from django.urls import path
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.views import (
+    TokenObtainPairView,
+    TokenRefreshView,
+)
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'),
+    path('refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh')
+]
diff --git a/src/sponsors/api/views.py b/src/sponsors/api/views.py
index 41636a81a..d3682fcd9 100644
--- a/src/sponsors/api/views.py
+++ b/src/sponsors/api/views.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 from rest_framework import views
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication import JWTAuthentication
 
-from core.authentication import TokenAuthentication
 from sponsors.models import Sponsor, OpenRole
 
 
 class SponsorAPIView(views.APIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     def get(self, request):
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get(self, request):
 
 
 class JobAPIView(views.APIView):
-    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    authentication_classes = [JWTAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
     def get(self, request):