diff --git a/django/apps/registry.py b/django/apps/registry.py
index fcd5f576e6..649ba42d78 100644
--- a/django/apps/registry.py
+++ b/django/apps/registry.py
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ class Apps(object):
         It's safe to call this method at import time, even while the registry
         is being populated. It returns False for apps that aren't loaded yet.
         """
-        app_config = self.app_configs.get(app_name.rpartition(".")[2])
-        return app_config is not None and app_config.name == app_name
+        return any(ac.name == app_name for ac in self.app_configs.values())
 
     def get_containing_app_config(self, object_name):
         """
diff --git a/tests/apps/apps.py b/tests/apps/apps.py
index a2c49fcbff..7faa63e435 100644
--- a/tests/apps/apps.py
+++ b/tests/apps/apps.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class MyAdmin(AppConfig):
 
 class MyAuth(AppConfig):
     name = 'django.contrib.auth'
+    label = 'myauth'
     verbose_name = "All your password are belong to us."
 
 
diff --git a/tests/apps/tests.py b/tests/apps/tests.py
index ad5fd0d609..139bc06a66 100644
--- a/tests/apps/tests.py
+++ b/tests/apps/tests.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class AppsTests(TestCase):
     @override_settings(INSTALLED_APPS=SOME_INSTALLED_APPS)
     def test_is_installed(self):
         self.assertTrue(apps.is_installed('django.contrib.admin'))
+        self.assertTrue(apps.is_installed('django.contrib.auth'))
         self.assertTrue(apps.is_installed('django.contrib.staticfiles'))
         self.assertFalse(apps.is_installed('django.contrib.webdesign'))