diff --git a/tests/test_request.py b/tests/test_request.py
index 66bb70929..3e66e4a13 100644
--- a/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_request.py
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ class TestUserSetter(TestCase):
         with pytest.raises(WrappedAttributeError, match=expected):
             request.user
 
+        # python 2 hasattr fails for *any* exception, not just AttributeError
+        if six.PY2:
+            return
+
+        with pytest.raises(WrappedAttributeError, match=expected):
+            hasattr(request, 'user')
+
         with pytest.raises(WrappedAttributeError, match=expected):
             login(request, self.user)