diff --git a/tests/authentication/__init__.py b/tests/authentication/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/authentication/migrations/0001_initial.py b/tests/authentication/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfc887240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/authentication/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='CustomToken',
+            fields=[
+                ('key', models.CharField(max_length=40, primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=models.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/tests/authentication/migrations/__init__.py b/tests/authentication/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/authentication/models.py b/tests/authentication/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8d1fd5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/authentication/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class CustomToken(models.Model):
+    key = models.CharField(max_length=40, primary_key=True)
+    user = models.OneToOneField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
diff --git a/tests/test_authentication.py b/tests/authentication/test_authentication.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/test_authentication.py
rename to tests/authentication/test_authentication.py
index f2714acb5..793773542 100644
--- a/tests/test_authentication.py
+++ b/tests/authentication/test_authentication.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import pytest
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.db import models
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils import six
@@ -26,14 +25,11 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient, APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
+from .models import CustomToken
+
 factory = APIRequestFactory()
 
 
-class CustomToken(models.Model):
-    key = models.CharField(max_length=40, primary_key=True)
-    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-
-
 class CustomTokenAuthentication(TokenAuthentication):
     model = CustomToken
 
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 ]
 
 
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_authentication')
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF=__name__)
 class BasicAuthTests(TestCase):
     """Basic authentication"""
     def setUp(self):
@@ -169,7 +165,7 @@ class BasicAuthTests(TestCase):
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_authentication')
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF=__name__)
 class SessionAuthTests(TestCase):
     """User session authentication"""
     def setUp(self):
@@ -370,7 +366,7 @@ class BaseTokenAuthTests(object):
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_authentication')
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF=__name__)
 class TokenAuthTests(BaseTokenAuthTests, TestCase):
     model = Token
     path = '/token/'
@@ -429,13 +425,13 @@ class TokenAuthTests(BaseTokenAuthTests, TestCase):
         assert response.data['token'] == self.key
 
 
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_authentication')
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF=__name__)
 class CustomTokenAuthTests(BaseTokenAuthTests, TestCase):
     model = CustomToken
     path = '/customtoken/'
 
 
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_authentication')
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF=__name__)
 class CustomKeywordTokenAuthTests(BaseTokenAuthTests, TestCase):
     model = Token
     path = '/customkeywordtoken/'
@@ -549,7 +545,7 @@ class BasicAuthenticationUnitTests(TestCase):
         authentication.authenticate = old_authenticate
 
 
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_authentication',
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF=__name__,
                    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=('django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend',))
 class RemoteUserAuthenticationUnitTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 27558c02b..1c0c6dda7 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
             'django.contrib.staticfiles',
             'rest_framework',
             'rest_framework.authtoken',
+            'tests.authentication',
             'tests.importable',
             'tests',
         ),