diff --git a/python/helpers/pycharm/django_test_runner.py b/python/helpers/pycharm/django_test_runner.py
index ff685d7c9516..7ee43c4113f0 100644
--- a/python/helpers/pycharm/django_test_runner.py
+++ b/python/helpers/pycharm/django_test_runner.py
@@ -2,17 +2,35 @@ from tcunittest import TeamcityTestRunner, TeamcityTestResult
 from tcmessages import TeamcityServiceMessages
 import sys
 from pycharm_run_utils import adjust_django_sys_path
+from django.test.utils import get_runner
 
 adjust_django_sys_path()
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-if hasattr(settings, "TEST_RUNNER") and "NoseTestSuiteRunner" in settings.TEST_RUNNER:
-  from nose_utils import TeamcityNoseRunner
+def _is_nosetest(settings):
+  """
+  Checks if Django configured to work with nosetest
+
+  :param settings: django settings
+  :return: True if django should works with NoseTest runner of its inheritor
+  """
+  try:
+    runner = get_runner(settings)
+    from django_nose import NoseTestSuiteRunner
+    if issubclass(runner, NoseTestSuiteRunner):
+        return True
+  except (AttributeError, ImportError):
+    pass
+  return False
+
 
 from django.test.testcases import TestCase
 from django import VERSION
 
+if _is_nosetest(settings):
+  from nose_utils import TeamcityNoseRunner
+
 # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/releases/1.7/#django-utils-unittest
 # django.utils.unittest provided uniform access to the unittest2 library on all Python versions.
 # Since unittest2 became the standard library's unittest module in Python 2.7,
@@ -110,7 +128,7 @@ class DjangoTeamcityTestRunner(BaseRunner):
     return suite
 
   def run_suite(self, suite, **kwargs):
-    if hasattr(settings, "TEST_RUNNER") and "NoseTestSuiteRunner" in settings.TEST_RUNNER:
+    if _is_nosetest(settings):
       from django_nose.plugin import DjangoSetUpPlugin, ResultPlugin
       from django_nose.runner import _get_plugins_from_settings
       from nose.config import Config
@@ -133,7 +151,7 @@ class DjangoTeamcityTestRunner(BaseRunner):
       return TeamcityTestRunner.run(self, suite, **self.options)
 
   def run_tests(self, test_labels, extra_tests=None, **kwargs):
-    if hasattr(settings, "TEST_RUNNER") and "NoseTestSuiteRunner" in settings.TEST_RUNNER:
+    if _is_nosetest(settings):
       return super(DjangoTeamcityTestRunner, self).run_tests(test_labels, extra_tests)
     return super(DjangoTeamcityTestRunner, self).run_tests(test_labels, extra_tests, **kwargs)