diff --git a/netbox/secrets/__init__.py b/netbox/secrets/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..3c1c4eed2 100644
--- a/netbox/secrets/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/secrets/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# TODO: Rename the secrets app, probably
+# Python 3.6 introduced a standard library named "secrets," which obviously conflicts with this Django app. To avoid
+# renaming the app, we hotwire the components of the standard library that Django calls. (I don't like this any more
+# than you do, but it works for now.) The only references to the secrets modules are in django/utils/crypto.py.
+#
+# First, we copy secrets.compare_digest, which comes from the hmac module:
+from hmac import compare_digest
+
+# Then, we instantiate SystemRandom and map its choice() function:
+from random import SystemRandom
+choice = SystemRandom().choice