diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/models.py b/djangoldp/tests/models.py
index e576eadb04959bfd632e5e0a075e0a5bf1d562d7..502e3cdcf4bb795699e4525353d53a998bf3a4fa 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/models.py
@@ -68,3 +68,11 @@ class Task(models.Model):
 
     class Meta:
         serializer_fields = ['@id', 'title', 'batch']
+
+
+class Post(Model):
+    content = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    author = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, blank=True, null=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        auto_author = 'author'
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/runner.py b/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
index 2d3f2e433db6d47c54426ebbcc944bd01286123b..0a663cc11bf0e9aa5f03212a8df8479dc96d4502 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
@@ -8,6 +8,33 @@ settings.configure(DEBUG=True,
                            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
                        }
                    },
+                   LDP_RDF_CONTEXT = {
+                       "@context": {
+                           "@vocab": "http://happy-dev.fr/owl/#",
+                           "foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/",
+                           "doap": "http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#",
+                           "ldp": "http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#",
+                           "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#",
+                           "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#",
+                           "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#",
+                           "geo": "http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#",
+                           "acl": "http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#",
+                           "name": "rdfs:label",
+                           "website": "foaf:homepage",
+                           "deadline": "xsd:dateTime",
+                           "lat": "geo:lat",
+                           "lng": "geo:long",
+                           "jabberID": "foaf:jabberID",
+                           "permissions": "acl:accessControl",
+                           "mode": "acl:mode",
+                           "view": "acl:Read",
+                           "change": "acl:Write",
+                           "add": "acl:Append",
+                           "delete": "acl:Delete",
+                           "control": "acl:Control"
+                       }
+                   }
+                   ,
                    ROOT_URLCONF='djangoldp.tests.urls',
                    DJANGOLDP_PACKAGES=['djangoldp.tests'],
                    INSTALLED_APPS=('django.contrib.auth',
@@ -31,6 +58,7 @@ failures = test_runner.run_tests([
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_user_permissions',
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_anonymous_permissions',
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_update',
+    'djangoldp.tests.tests_auto_author',
 ])
 if failures:
     sys.exit(failures)
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/tests_anonymous_permissions.py b/djangoldp/tests/tests_anonymous_permissions.py
index 79db62f3b40f18e55ac48f2d74b7ad2bfa06115d..f1ace746ec4e04039ec774f329ba300f90b5c1e0 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/tests_anonymous_permissions.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/tests_anonymous_permissions.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from djangoldp.views import LDPViewSet
 
 import json
 
+
 class TestAnonymousUserPermissions(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.factory = APIRequestFactory()
@@ -49,4 +50,4 @@ class TestAnonymousUserPermissions(TestCase):
                                      nested_fields=["skills"],
                                      permission_classes=[AnonymousReadOnly])
         response = my_view(request, pk=self.job.pk)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/tests_auto_author.py b/djangoldp/tests/tests_auto_author.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ed5505afab78ffb3f164338322826c598561ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/tests_auto_author.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import json
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory, APIClient, APITestCase
+
+
+class TestAutoAuthor(APITestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.factory = APIRequestFactory()
+        self.client = APIClient()
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user(username='john', email='jlennon@beatles.com', password='glass onion')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.user.delete()
+
+    def test_save_with_anonymous_user(self):
+        post = {
+            '@graph': [{'http://happy-dev.fr/owl/#content': "post content"}]}
+
+        response = self.client.post('/posts/', data=json.dumps(post), content_type='application/ld+json')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+        self.assertNotIn('author', response.data)
+        self.assertEquals(response.data['content'], "post content")
diff --git a/djangoldp/views.py b/djangoldp/views.py
index 6b1e8ad5c1012fd75a35095037b3af110e6a4490..dd63fa18253d31d41c1cedf456ea2273ec0f5712 100644
--- a/djangoldp/views.py
+++ b/djangoldp/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import url, include
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.core.urlresolvers import get_resolver
 from django.db.utils import OperationalError
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ class LDPViewSet(LDPViewSetGenerator):
         return type(LDPSerializer)(model_name + 'Serializer', (LDPSerializer,), {'Meta': meta_class})
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer, **kwargs):
-        if hasattr(self.model._meta, 'auto_author'):
+        if hasattr(self.model._meta, 'auto_author') and isinstance(self.request.user, User):
             kwargs[self.model._meta.auto_author] = self.request.user
         serializer.save(**kwargs)