diff --git a/django/core/handlers/base.py b/django/core/handlers/base.py
index 6a2d0645e0..b34d0e096e 100644
--- a/django/core/handlers/base.py
+++ b/django/core/handlers/base.py
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
                     callback, param_dict = resolver.resolve404()
                     return callback(request, **param_dict)
                 except:
-                    return self.handle_uncaught_exception(request, resolver, sys.exc_info())
+                    try:
+                        return self.handle_uncaught_exception(request, resolver, sys.exc_info())
+                    finally:
+                        receivers = signals.got_request_exception.send(sender=self.__class__, request=request)
         except exceptions.PermissionDenied:
             return http.HttpResponseForbidden('<h1>Permission denied</h1>')
         except SystemExit:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/bad_templates/404.html b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/bad_templates/404.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..816bcb9e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/bad_templates/404.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% block foo %}
+
+This template is deliberately bad - we want it to raise an exception when it is used.
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
index 14552b7e63..1bffc7d225 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 """
 Regression tests for the Test Client, especially the customized assertions.
 """
+import os
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from django.test import Client, TestCase
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
+from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist, TemplateSyntaxError
 
 class AssertContainsTests(TestCase):
     def test_contains(self):
@@ -306,7 +309,32 @@ class ExceptionTests(TestCase):
             self.client.get("/test_client_regress/staff_only/")
         except SuspiciousOperation:
             self.fail("Staff should be able to visit this page")
+    
+class TemplateExceptionTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.old_templates = settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS
+        settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = ()
+        
+    def tearDown(self):
+        settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = self.old_templates
+        
+    def test_no_404_template(self):
+        "Missing templates are correctly reported by test client"    
+        try:
+            response = self.client.get("/no_such_view/")
+            self.fail("Should get error about missing template")
+        except TemplateDoesNotExist:
+            pass
 
+    def test_bad_404_template(self):
+        "Errors found when rendering 404 error templates are re-raised"
+        settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'bad_templates'),)
+        try:
+            response = self.client.get("/no_such_view/")
+            self.fail("Should get error about syntax error in template")
+        except TemplateSyntaxError:
+            pass
+        
 # We need two different tests to check URLconf substitution -  one to check
 # it was changed, and another one (without self.urls) to check it was reverted on
 # teardown. This pair of tests relies upon the alphabetical ordering of test execution.