diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f1fde3..f11b320 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if `Article` had 2 transitions, `delete` and `publish`, the following API calls
 
 ### Custom route arguments
 
-Passing arguments to the `@detail_route` decorator can be done by specifiying
+Passing arguments to the `@action` decorator can be done by specifiying
 them in the `get_viewset_transition_action_mixin` method:
 
 ```python
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ArticleViewSet(
     queryset = Article.objects.all()
 ```
 
-This will set `permission_classes` on each `@detail_route` for all transitions.
+This will set `permission_classes` on each detail `@action` for all transitions.
 There is currrently no way to specify individual arguments for each transition.
 
 ### Saving
diff --git a/drf_fsm_transitions/viewset_mixins.py b/drf_fsm_transitions/viewset_mixins.py
index a1871ba..461ce9f 100644
--- a/drf_fsm_transitions/viewset_mixins.py
+++ b/drf_fsm_transitions/viewset_mixins.py
@@ -1,45 +1,56 @@
-from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route
+'''Heavily inspired by: https://github.com/jacobh/drf-fsm-transitions
+
+   Modified to work with DRF >= 3.8 routing semantics
+'''
+from django_fsm import can_proceed
+from rest_framework import exceptions
+from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 
-def get_transition_viewset_method(transition_name, **kwargs):
+def get_transition_viewset_method(transition_name, url_name=None, **kwargs):
     '''
-    Create a viewset method for the provided `transition_name`
+    Create a viewset method for the provided `transition_name`. Requires DRF >= 3.8
     '''
-    @detail_route(methods=['post'], **kwargs)
+    @action(detail=True, methods=['post'], url_name=url_name, url_path=transition_name, **kwargs)
     def inner_func(self, request, pk=None, **kwargs):
         object = self.get_object()
         transition_method = getattr(object, transition_name)
+        if can_proceed(transition_method, self.request.user):
 
-        transition_method(by=self.request.user)
+            # Perform the requested transition
+            transition_method(request=self.request, by=self.request.user)
 
-        if self.save_after_transition:
-            object.save()
+            if self.save_after_transition:
+                object.save()
+        else:
+            raise exceptions.PermissionDenied(
+                'User {} cannot perform transition {}'.format(self.request.user, transition_name))
 
         serializer = self.get_serializer(object)
         return Response(serializer.data)
-
+    inner_func.__name__ = transition_name # Needed for DRF >= 3.8, see: router.get_routes
     return inner_func
 
 
 def get_viewset_transition_action_mixin(model, **kwargs):
     '''
     Find all transitions defined on `model`, then create a corresponding
-    viewset action method for each and apply it to `Mixin`. Finally, return
-    `Mixin`
+    viewset action method for each and apply it to `Mixin`. Return the Mixin.
     '''
     instance = model()
 
     class Mixin(object):
         save_after_transition = True
 
-    transitions = instance.get_all_status_transitions()
+    transitions = instance.get_all_state_transitions()
     transition_names = set(x.name for x in transitions)
     for transition_name in transition_names:
+        url_name = model._meta.model_name + '-' + transition_name.replace('_', '-')
         setattr(
             Mixin,
             transition_name,
-            get_transition_viewset_method(transition_name, **kwargs)
+            get_transition_viewset_method(transition_name, url_name=url_name, **kwargs)
         )
 
     return Mixin