diff --git a/packages/auth/tests/test_auth.py b/packages/auth/tests/test_auth.py
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..58ff6f86bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/auth/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../test/unit/test_auth.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/test.sh b/packages/test.sh
index 054895917d1..fda2337bf50 100755
--- a/packages/test.sh
+++ b/packages/test.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ PACKAGE_DIRS=(
 )
 # containers has no tests, tool_util not yet working 100%,
 # data has many problems quota, tool shed install database, etc..
-RUN_TESTS=(1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0)
-
+RUN_TESTS=(1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0)
 for ((i=0; i<${#PACKAGE_DIRS[@]}; i++)); do
     package_dir=${PACKAGE_DIRS[$i]}
     run_tests=${RUN_TESTS[$i]}
diff --git a/test/unit/test_auth.py b/test/unit/test_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..557de59cb13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from galaxy.auth.providers.alwaysreject import AlwaysReject
+from galaxy.auth.providers.localdb import LocalDB
+from galaxy.model import User
+
+
+def test_alwaysreject():
+    t = AlwaysReject()
+    assert t.authenticate('testmail', 'testuser', 'secret', dict()) == (None, '', '')
+
+
+def test_localdb():
+    user = User(email='testmail', username='tester')
+    user.set_password_cleartext('test')
+    t = LocalDB()
+    reject = t.authenticate_user(user, 'wrong', {'redact_username_in_logs': False})
+    accept = t.authenticate_user(user, 'test', {'redact_username_in_logs': False})
+    assert reject is False
+    assert accept is True