diff --git a/django/apps/__init__.py b/django/apps/__init__.py
index 074a448660..de0f303846 100644
--- a/django/apps/__init__.py
+++ b/django/apps/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-from .base import AppConfig     # NOQA
+from .config import AppConfig   # NOQA
 from .registry import apps      # NOQA
diff --git a/django/apps/base.py b/django/apps/config.py
similarity index 100%
rename from django/apps/base.py
rename to django/apps/config.py
diff --git a/django/apps/registry.py b/django/apps/registry.py
index 7cf5a2637b..601091cfb7 100644
--- a/django/apps/registry.py
+++ b/django/apps/registry.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils import lru_cache
 from django.utils._os import upath
 
-from .base import AppConfig
+from .config import AppConfig
 
 
 class Apps(object):
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 65e1f5d9e4..e689f7be8a 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from functools import update_wrapper
 import warnings
 
 from django.apps import apps
-from django.apps.base import MODELS_MODULE_NAME
+from django.apps.config import MODELS_MODULE_NAME
 import django.db.models.manager  # NOQA: Imported to register signal handler.
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import checks