1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/util/compat.py b/sphinx/util/compat.py
index edd8cac61..c6578c810 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/compat.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/compat.py
@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import sys
 import warnings
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from six import string_types, iteritems
 
 from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx30Warning
 from sphinx.util import import_object
 
-if False:
-    # For type annotation
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Any, Dict  # NOQA
     from sphinx.application import Sphinx  # NOQA
     from sphinx.config import Config  # NOQA
@@ -35,9 +38,24 @@ def deprecate_source_parsers(app, config):
             app.add_source_parser(suffix, parser)
 
 
+def register_application_for_autosummary(app):
+    # type: (Sphinx) -> None
+    """Register application object to autosummary module.
+
+    Since Sphinx-1.7, documenters and attrgetters are registered into
+    applicaiton object.  As a result, the arguments of
+    ``get_documenter()`` has been changed.  To keep compatibility,
+    this handler registers application object to the module.
+    """
+    if 'sphinx.ext.autosummary' in sys.modules:
+        from sphinx.ext import autosummary
+        autosummary._app = app
+
+
 def setup(app):
     # type: (Sphinx) -> Dict[unicode, Any]
     app.connect('config-inited', deprecate_source_parsers)
+    app.connect('builder-inited', register_application_for_autosummary)
 
     return {
         'version': 'builtin',