diff --git a/djangoldp/views.py b/djangoldp/views.py
index 503e01cdf83e53bbc3f9ac37ce4616f9c2b2713e..f45e362fd3527be96a8bfc1b0dd2d7dbdf7e33cc 100644
--- a/djangoldp/views.py
+++ b/djangoldp/views.py
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ def serve_static_content(request, path):
     if request.method != "GET":
         resolver = get_resolver()
         match = resolver.resolve("/" + path)
+        request.user = AnonymousUser()
         return match.func(request, *match.args, **match.kwargs)
 
     server_url = getattr(settings, "BASE_URL", "http://localhost")