diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 07160217..ff990eb9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 * [naquiroz](https://github.com/naquiroz)
 * [john-sandall](https://github.com/john-sandall)
 * [dineshtrivedi](https://github.com/dineshtrivedi)
+* [jhhayashi](https://github.com/jhhayashi)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fdd06bb0..56c92b4e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ This plugin is disabled by default! To enable it::
 Contributing
 ------------
 
-Please feel free to add your name to the ``CONTRIBUTORS.rst`` file if you want to
+Please feel free to add your name to the ``CONTRIBUTORS.md`` file if you want to
 be credited when pull requests get merged. You can also add to the
 ``CHANGELOG.rst`` file if you wish, although we'll also do that when merging.
 
diff --git a/pylint_django/augmentations/__init__.py b/pylint_django/augmentations/__init__.py
index e067709d..6ed5c496 100644
--- a/pylint_django/augmentations/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint_django/augmentations/__init__.py
@@ -895,6 +895,14 @@ def apply_augmentations(linter):
         IsClass("django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView"),
     )
 
+    # ModelViewSet also suffers from too many ancestors
+    suppress_message(
+        linter,
+        MisdesignChecker.visit_classdef,
+        "too-many-ancestors",
+        IsClass("rest_framework.viewsets.ModelViewSet"),
+    )
+
     # model forms have no __init__ method anywhere in their bases
     suppress_message(
         linter,
diff --git a/pylint_django/tests/input/external_drf_noerror_modelviewset.py b/pylint_django/tests/input/external_drf_noerror_modelviewset.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5437c542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylint_django/tests/input/external_drf_noerror_modelviewset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""
+Checks that Pylint does not complain about DRF viewsets
+"""
+#  pylint: disable=C0111,W5101,use-symbolic-message-instead,import-error,too-few-public-methods
+
+from rest_framework import viewsets
+
+
+class TestModelViewsetSubclass(viewsets.ModelViewset):
+    pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4434ffd2..dfb61127 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
     extras_require={
         "with_django": ["Django"],
         "for_tests": [
+            "coverage",
             "django_tables2",
+            "django-tastypie",
+            "djangorestframework",
             "factory-boy",
-            "coverage",
+            "pylint>=2.13",
             "pytest",
             "wheel",
-            "django-tastypie",
-            "pylint>=2.13",
         ],
     },
     license="GPLv2",