diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py b/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py
index acfc847f4d8a4cbc0a16f06bd9020600d1945be0..6ecb12a9129cab2b3adf3b5e017daa9fc5b2c5f2 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=(
-   'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend')
+   'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend', 'guardian.backends.ObjectPermissionBackend')
 
 ROOT_URLCONF='djangoldp.urls'