diff --git a/django/test/client.py b/django/test/client.py
index 12753d2eac..c3e221554f 100644
--- a/django/test/client.py
+++ b/django/test/client.py
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ class Client:
         if self.exc_info:
             raise self.exc_info[1], None, self.exc_info[2]
 
+        # Save the client and request that stimulated the response
+        response.client = self
+        response.request = request
+
         # Add any rendered template detail to the response
         # If there was only one template rendered (the most likely case),
         # flatten the list to a single element
diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index 2ed2e9ba26..400d66cfab 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(url, expected_url, 
             "Response redirected to '%s', expected '%s'" % (url, expected_url))
         
-        redirect_response = self.client.get(path, QueryDict(query))
+        # Get the redirection page, using the same client that was used
+        # to obtain the original response.
+        redirect_response = response.client.get(path, QueryDict(query))
         self.assertEqual(redirect_response.status_code, target_status_code, 
             "Couldn't retrieve redirection page '%s': response code was %d (expected %d)" % 
                 (path, redirect_response.status_code, target_status_code))
diff --git a/docs/testing.txt b/docs/testing.txt
index bb62273bea..22a7e48a7a 100644
--- a/docs/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/testing.txt
@@ -577,13 +577,25 @@ Specifically, a ``Response`` object has the following attributes:
     ===============  ==========================================================
     Attribute        Description
     ===============  ==========================================================
-    ``status_code``  The HTTP status of the response, as an integer. See
-                     RFC2616_ for a full list of HTTP status codes.
+    ``client``       The test client that was used to make the request that
+                     resulted in the response.
 
     ``content``      The body of the response, as a string. This is the final
                      page content as rendered by the view, or any error
                      message (such as the URL for a 302 redirect).
 
+    ``context``      The template ``Context`` instance that was used to render
+                     the template that produced the response content.
+
+                     If the rendered page used multiple templates, then
+                     ``context`` will be a list of ``Context``
+                     objects, in the order in which they were rendered.
+
+    ``request``      The request data that stimulated the response.
+
+    ``status_code``  The HTTP status of the response, as an integer. See
+                     RFC2616_ for a full list of HTTP status codes.
+
     ``template``     The ``Template`` instance that was used to render the
                      final content. Use ``template.name`` to get the
                      template's file name, if the template was loaded from a
@@ -594,13 +606,6 @@ Specifically, a ``Response`` object has the following attributes:
                      using `template inheritance`_ -- then ``template`` will
                      be a list of ``Template`` instances, in the order in
                      which they were rendered.
-
-    ``context``      The template ``Context`` instance that was used to render
-                     the template that produced the response content.
-
-                     As with ``template``, if the rendered page used multiple
-                     templates, then ``context`` will be a list of ``Context``
-                     objects, in the order in which they were rendered.
     ===============  ==========================================================
 
 .. _RFC2616: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
@@ -828,7 +833,7 @@ useful for testing Web applications:
 
 ``assertRedirects(response, expected_url, status_code=302, target_status_code=200)``
     Asserts that the response return a ``status_code`` redirect status,
-    it redirected to ``expected_url`` (including any GET data), and the subsequent 
+    it redirected to ``expected_url`` (including any GET data), and the subsequent
     page was received with ``target_status_code``.
 
 ``assertTemplateUsed(response, template_name)``
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py b/tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py
index 200a71f6f9..2bc1dfe02b 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ class ClientTest(TestCase):
         self.assertRedirects(response, '/accounts/login/?next=/test_client/login_protected_view/')
         
         # Log in
-        self.client.login(username='testclient', password='password')
+        login = self.client.login(username='testclient', password='password')
+        self.assertTrue(login, 'Could not log in')
 
         # Request a page that requires a login
         response = self.client.get('/test_client/login_protected_view/')
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
index e85544f285..aa18a48852 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class AssertFormErrorTests(TestCase):
         except AssertionError, e:
             self.assertEqual(str(e), "The field 'email' on form 'form' in context 0 does not contain the error 'Some error.' (actual errors: [u'Enter a valid e-mail address.'])")
 
-class AssertFileUploadTests(TestCase):
+class FileUploadTests(TestCase):
     def test_simple_upload(self):
         fd = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "views.py"))
         post_data = {
@@ -221,3 +221,22 @@ class AssertFileUploadTests(TestCase):
         }
         response = self.client.post('/test_client_regress/file_upload/', post_data)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+class LoginTests(TestCase):
+    fixtures = ['testdata']
+
+    def test_login_different_client(self):
+        "Check that using a different test client doesn't violate authentication"
+
+        # Create a second client, and log in.
+        c = Client()
+        login = c.login(username='testclient', password='password')
+        self.assertTrue(login, 'Could not log in')
+
+        # Get a redirection page with the second client.
+        response = c.get("/test_client_regress/login_protected_redirect_view/")
+        
+        # At this points, the self.client isn't logged in. 
+        # Check that assertRedirects uses the original client, not the 
+        # default client.
+        self.assertRedirects(response, "/test_client_regress/get_view/")
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/urls.py b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/urls.py
index 160f9f992d..e771707f61 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/urls.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/urls.py
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ import views
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^no_template_view/$', views.no_template_view),
     (r'^file_upload/$', views.file_upload_view),
+    (r'^get_view/$', views.get_view),
+    (r'^login_protected_redirect_view/$', views.login_protected_redirect_view)
 )
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/views.py b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/views.py
index d3fbcf8448..75efd212e1 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/views.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.mail import EmailMessage, SMTPConnection
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseServerError
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseServerError
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 
 def no_template_view(request):
@@ -18,3 +19,12 @@ def file_upload_view(request):
     else:
         return HttpResponseServerError()
 
+def get_view(request):
+    "A simple login protected view"    
+    return HttpResponse("Hello world")
+get_view = login_required(get_view)
+
+def login_protected_redirect_view(request):
+    "A view that redirects all requests to the GET view"
+    return HttpResponseRedirect('/test_client_regress/get_view/')
+login_protected_redirect_view = login_required(login_protected_redirect_view)
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