diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
index fc159ffafd..77f6e810f6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from types import StringType, UnicodeType, IntType, FloatType
 # Python and GEOS-related dependencies.
 import re
 from warnings import warn
-from django.contrib.gis.geos.libgeos import lgeos, GEOSPointer, HAS_NUMPY, ISQLQuote, GEOM_FUNC_PREFIX
+from django.contrib.gis.geos.libgeos import lgeos, GEOSPointer, HAS_NUMPY, ISQLQuote
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.error import GEOSException, GEOSGeometryIndexError
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.coordseq import GEOSCoordSeq, create_cs
 if HAS_NUMPY: from numpy import ndarray, array
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ class GEOSGeometry(object):
 
     def getquoted(self):
         "Returns a properly quoted string for use in PostgresSQL/PostGIS."
-        # GeomFromText() is ST_GeomFromText() in PostGIS >= 1.2.2 to correspond
-        #  to SQL/MM ISO standard.
-        return "%sGeomFromText('%s', %s)" % (GEOM_FUNC_PREFIX, self.wkt, self.srid or -1)
+        # Using ST_GeomFromText(), corresponds to SQL/MM ISO standard.
+        return "ST_GeomFromText('%s', %s)" % (self.wkt, self.srid or -1)
     
     #### Coordinate Sequence Routines ####
     @property
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometries.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometries.py
index 70dbfbf9f8..2a5b5df600 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometries.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometries.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class LineString(GEOSGeometry):
             raise TypeError, 'Invalid initialization input for LineStrings.'
 
         # Creating the coordinate sequence
-        cs = GEOSCoordSeq(GEOSPointer(0, create_cs(c_uint(ncoords), c_uint(ndim))))
+        cs = GEOSCoordSeq(GEOSPointer(0, create_cs(c_uint(ncoords), c_uint(ndim))), z=bool(ndim==3))
 
         # Setting each point in the coordinate sequence
         for i in xrange(ncoords):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
index f505522095..1a373e8682 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ except ImportError:
 # Are psycopg2 and GeoDjango models being used?
 try:
     from psycopg2.extensions import ISQLQuote
-    from django.contrib.gis.db.backend.postgis import GEOM_FUNC_PREFIX
 except (ImportError, EnvironmentError):
     ISQLQuote = None
-    GEOM_FUNC_PREFIX = None
 
 # Setting the appropriate name for the GEOS-C library, depending on which
 # OS and POSIX platform we're running.
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
index ad6043cd3e..185820d535 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
@@ -594,6 +594,25 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.assertNotEqual(poly, mpoly[i])
             del mpoly
 
+    
+    def test17_threed(self):
+        "Testing three-dimensional geometries."
+        
+        # Testing a 3D Point
+        pnt = Point(2, 3, 8)
+        self.assertEqual((2.,3.,8.), pnt.coords)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pnt.set_coords, (1.,2.))
+        pnt.coords = (1.,2.,3.)
+        self.assertEqual((1.,2.,3.), pnt.coords)
+
+        # Testing a 3D LineString
+        ls = LineString((2., 3., 8.), (50., 250., -117.))
+        self.assertEqual(((2.,3.,8.), (50.,250.,-117.)), ls.tuple)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, ls.__setitem__, 0, (1.,2.))
+        ls[0] = (1.,2.,3.)
+        self.assertEqual((1.,2.,3.), ls[0])
+            
+
 def suite():
     s = unittest.TestSuite()
     s.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(GEOSTest))