diff --git a/tests/settings.py b/tests/settings.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/settings.py
+++ b/tests/settings.py
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'djangosaml2',
 )
+
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
+    'djangosaml2.backends.Saml2Backend',
+)
Add saml auth backend to settings in test project.

Now that this isn't being monkey patched in, our test project needs to have it.