1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/request.py b/rest_framework/tests/request.py
index 2850992d..1f05ff8f 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/request.py
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 """
 Tests for content parsing, and form-overloaded content parsing.
 """
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
 from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 from django.test import TestCase, Client
+from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from django.utils import simplejson as json
-
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.authentication import SessionAuthentication
-from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+from rest_framework.compat import patterns
 from rest_framework.parsers import (
     BaseParser,
     FormParser,
@@ -304,3 +303,11 @@ class TestUserSetter(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(self.request.user.is_anonymous())
         logout(self.request)
         self.assertTrue(self.request.user.is_anonymous())
+
+
+class TestAuthSetter(TestCase):
+
+    def test_auth_can_be_set(self):
+        request = Request(factory.get('/'))
+        request.auth = 'DUMMY'
+        self.assertEqual(request.auth, 'DUMMY')