diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py b/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
index 6a18e090e6..2daac10b31 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
@@ -408,6 +408,20 @@ class MonthArchiveViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         res = self.client.get('/dates/booksignings/2008/apr/')
         self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
 
+    def test_month_view_get_month_from_request(self):
+        oct1 = datetime.date(2008, 10, 1)
+        res = self.client.get('/dates/books/without_month/2008/?month=oct')
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/book_archive_month.html')
+        self.assertEqual(list(res.context['date_list']), [oct1])
+        self.assertEqual(list(res.context['book_list']), list(Book.objects.filter(pubdate=oct1)))
+        self.assertEqual(res.context['month'], oct1)
+
+    def test_month_view_without_month_in_url(self):
+        res = self.client.get('/dates/books/without_month/2008/')
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 404)
+        self.assertEqual(res.context['exception'], 'No month specified')
+
     @skipUnlessDBFeature('has_zoneinfo_database')
     @override_settings(USE_TZ=True, TIME_ZONE='Africa/Nairobi')
     def test_aware_datetime_month_view(self):
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/urls.py b/tests/generic_views/urls.py
index 1c1fed3386..f2af8ad1a3 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/urls.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # MonthArchiveView
     path('dates/books/<int:year>/<int:month>/', views.BookMonthArchive.as_view(month_format='%m')),
     path('dates/books/<int:year>/<month>/', views.BookMonthArchive.as_view()),
+    path('dates/books/without_month/<int:year>/', views.BookMonthArchive.as_view()),
     path('dates/books/<int:year>/<month>/allow_empty/', views.BookMonthArchive.as_view(allow_empty=True)),
     path('dates/books/<int:year>/<month>/allow_future/', views.BookMonthArchive.as_view(allow_future=True)),
     path('dates/books/<int:year>/<month>/paginated/', views.BookMonthArchive.as_view(paginate_by=30)),