diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8e533c1..4ebe4fa 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ the ``WATCHMAN_CHECKS`` setting. In ``settings.py``::
         'another.module.path.to.callable',
     )
 
+You can also import the watchman.constants to include the DEFAULT_CHECKS and PAID_CHECKS in your ``settings.py``::
+
+   from watchman import constants as watchman_constants
+
+   WATCHMAN_CHECKS = watchman_constants.DEFAULT_CHECKS + ('module.path.to.callable', )
+
+
 Checks take no arguments, and must return a ``dict`` whose keys are applied to the JSON response. Use the ``watchman.decorators.check`` decorator to capture exceptions::
 
     from watchman.decorators import check
diff --git a/watchman/constants.py b/watchman/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cd5f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/watchman/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DEFAULT_CHECKS = (
+    'watchman.checks.caches',
+    'watchman.checks.databases',
+    'watchman.checks.storage',
+)
+
+PAID_CHECKS = (
+    'watchman.checks.email',
+)
diff --git a/watchman/settings.py b/watchman/settings.py
index 576e7df..b249942 100644
--- a/watchman/settings.py
+++ b/watchman/settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.conf import settings
+from watchman.constants import DEFAULT_CHECKS, PAID_CHECKS
 
 # TODO: these should not be module level (https://github.com/mwarkentin/django-watchman/issues/13)
 WATCHMAN_ENABLE_PAID_CHECKS = getattr(settings, 'WATCHMAN_ENABLE_PAID_CHECKS', False)
@@ -17,15 +18,6 @@
 
 WATCHMAN_DISABLE_APM = getattr(settings, 'WATCHMAN_DISABLE_APM', False)
 
-DEFAULT_CHECKS = (
-    'watchman.checks.caches',
-    'watchman.checks.databases',
-    'watchman.checks.storage',
-)
-PAID_CHECKS = (
-    'watchman.checks.email',
-)
-
 if WATCHMAN_ENABLE_PAID_CHECKS:
     DEFAULT_CHECKS = DEFAULT_CHECKS + PAID_CHECKS