diff --git a/tests/test_authentication.py b/tests/test_authentication.py
index 70eea3132..42a89055e 100644
--- a/tests/test_authentication.py
+++ b/tests/test_authentication.py
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, User
 from django.db import models
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import six
 
+import pytest
+
 from rest_framework import (
     HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING, exceptions, permissions, renderers, status
 )
@@ -265,6 +267,26 @@ class CustomTokenAuthTests(BaseTokenAuthTests, TestCase):
     path = '/customtoken/'
 
 
+class AttributeErrorInAuthenticateTests(TestCase):
+    def test_incorrect_credentials(self):
+        """
+        Make sure AttributeErrors thrown in .authenticate() are not suppressed.
+        """
+        class AttributeErrorThrowingAuth(BaseAuthentication):
+            def authenticate(self, request):
+                raise AttributeError('This exception should crash the authentication')
+
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        request.user = AnonymousUser()
+        view = MockView.as_view(
+            authentication_classes=(AttributeErrorThrowingAuth,),
+            permission_classes=()
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
+            view(request)
+
+
 class IncorrectCredentialsTests(TestCase):
     def test_incorrect_credentials(self):
         """