diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 6b2c91db7..b8733b7dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+import base64
+import unittest
+
+import django
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.urls import path
 
-from rest_framework.authentication import TokenAuthentication
+from rest_framework import HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING
+from rest_framework.authentication import (
+    BasicAuthentication, TokenAuthentication
+)
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.request import is_form_media_type
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -18,6 +25,7 @@ class PostView(APIView):
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('auth', APIView.as_view(authentication_classes=(TokenAuthentication,))),
+    path('basic', APIView.as_view(authentication_classes=(BasicAuthentication,))),
     path('post', PostView.as_view()),
 ]
 
@@ -74,3 +82,42 @@ class TestMiddleware(APITestCase):
 
         response = self.client.post('/post', {'foo': 'bar'}, format='json')
         assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(django.VERSION >= (5, 1), 'Only for Django 5.1+')
+@override_settings(
+    ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_middleware',
+    MIDDLEWARE=(
+        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.LoginRequiredMiddleware',
+    ),
+)
+class TestLoginRequiredMiddleware(APITestCase):
+    def test_redirects_to_login_when_user_is_anonymous(self):
+        response = self.client.post('/post')
+        self.assertRedirects(response, '/accounts/login/?next=/post', fetch_redirect_response=False)
+
+    def test_process_request_when_session_authenticated(self):
+        user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'john@example.com', 'password')
+        self.client.force_login(user)
+
+        response = self.client.post('/post')
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    def test_compat_with_token_auth(self):
+        user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'john@example.com', 'password')
+        key = 'abcd1234'
+        Token.objects.create(key=key, user=user)
+
+        response = self.client.get('/auth', HTTP_AUTHORIZATION='Token %s' % key)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    def test_compat_with_basic_auth(self):
+        user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'john@example.com', 'password')
+        credentials = ('%s:%s' % (user.username, user.password))
+        base64_credentials = base64.b64encode(
+            credentials.encode(HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING)
+        ).decode(HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING)
+        response = self.client.get('/basic', HTTP_AUTHORIZATION='Basic %s' % base64_credentials)
+        assert response.status_code == 200