diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 01da6fe..db1152b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.0.3 (xxxx-xx-xx)
+==================
+ - Redirect user to the login page after session timeout instead of the root page
+
+
 0.0.2 (2017-11-10)
 ==================
  - Added setting to control if session should be expired X seconds after last
diff --git a/src/django_session_timeout/middleware.py b/src/django_session_timeout/middleware.py
index e1ca1d1..a8dc586 100644
--- a/src/django_session_timeout/middleware.py
+++ b/src/django_session_timeout/middleware.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import time
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.contrib.auth.views import redirect_to_login
 
 try:
     from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def process_request(self, request):
 
         if session_is_expired:
             request.session.flush()
-            return redirect('/')
+            return redirect_to_login(next=request.path)
 
         expire_since_last_activity = getattr(
             settings, 'SESSION_EXPIRE_AFTER_LAST_ACTIVITY', False)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 12f9d55..c71ff96 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 def pytest_configure():
     settings.configure(
         INSTALLED_APPS=[
+            'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+            'django.contrib.auth',
             'django.contrib.sessions'
         ],
         MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES=[],
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index f9c1ab2..25660f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_session_expire(r, settings):
     with freeze_time('2017-08-31 22:46:01'):
         response = middleware.process_request(r)
         assert SESSION_TIMEOUT_KEY not in r.session
-        assert response['location'] == '/'
+        assert response['location'] == '/accounts/login/?next=/'
 
 
 def test_session_expire_no_expire_setting(r, settings):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_session_expire_no_expire_setting(r, settings):
     with freeze_time('2017-08-31 22:46:01'):
         response = middleware.process_request(r)
         assert SESSION_TIMEOUT_KEY not in r.session
-        assert response['location'] == '/'
+        assert response['location'] == '/accounts/login/?next=/'
 
 
 def test_session_expire_last_activity(r, settings):
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ def test_session_expire_last_activity(r, settings):
     with freeze_time('2017-08-31 23:46:02'):
         response = middleware.process_request(r)
         assert SESSION_TIMEOUT_KEY not in r.session
-        assert response['location'] == '/'
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+        assert response['location'] == '/accounts/login/?next=/'
\ No newline at end of file