diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
index b63604b268..d3e8c96b91 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
     <div id="content" class="{% block coltype %}colM{% endblock %}">
         {% block pretitle %}{% endblock %}
         {% block content_title %}{% if title %}<h1>{{ title|escape }}</h1>{% endif %}{% endblock %}
-        {% block content %}{{ content }}{% endblock %}
+        {% block content %}
+        {% block object-tools %}{% endblock %}
+        {{ content }}
+        {% endblock %}
         {% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}
         <br class="clear" />
     </div>
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html
index b1fdc5ebdb..7e7b639139 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 </div>
 {% endif %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}<div id="content-main">
+{% block object-tools %}
 {% if change %}{% if not is_popup %}
   <ul class="object-tools"><li><a href="history/" class="historylink">{% trans "History" %}</a></li>
   {% if has_absolute_url %}<li><a href="../../../r/{{ content_type_id }}/{{ object_id }}/" class="viewsitelink">{% trans "View on site" %}</a></li>{% endif%}
   </ul>
 {% endif %}{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
 <form {% if has_file_field %}enctype="multipart/form-data" {% endif %}action="{{ form_url }}" method="post" id="{{ opts.module_name }}_form">{% block form_top %}{% endblock %}
 <div>
 {% if is_popup %}<input type="hidden" name="_popup" value="1" />{% endif %}
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html
index bd2304bd52..f50a73c934 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 {% block coltype %}flex{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <div id="content-main">
+{% block object-tools %}
 {% if has_add_permission %}
 <ul class="object-tools"><li><a href="add/{% if is_popup %}?_popup=1{% endif %}" class="addlink">{% blocktrans with cl.opts.verbose_name|escape as name %}Add {{ name }}{% endblocktrans %}</a></li></ul>
 {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
 <div class="module{% if cl.has_filters %} filtered{% endif %}" id="changelist">
 {% block search %}{% search_form cl %}{% endblock %}
 {% block date_hierarchy %}{% date_hierarchy cl %}{% endblock %}