diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 45c1bc56761..4b832bfdb4d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Yoong Kang Lim <yoongkang.lim@gmail.com>
     Yusuke Miyazaki <miyazaki.dev@gmail.com>
     Zachary Voase <zacharyvoase@gmail.com>
+    Zach Liu <zachliu@gmail.com>
     Zach Thompson <zthompson47@gmail.com>
     Zain Memon
     Zak Johnson <zakj@nox.cx>
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/views.py b/django/contrib/auth/views.py
index 7791d9a7fd4..3339e30eb20 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/views.py
@@ -107,12 +107,21 @@ class LoginView(SuccessURLAllowedHostsMixin, FormView):
         return context
 
 
-def login(request, *args, **kwargs):
+def login(request, template_name='registration/login.html',
+          redirect_field_name=REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME,
+          authentication_form=AuthenticationForm,
+          extra_context=None, redirect_authenticated_user=False):
     warnings.warn(
         'The login() view is superseded by the class-based LoginView().',
         RemovedInDjango21Warning, stacklevel=2
     )
-    return LoginView.as_view(**kwargs)(request, *args, **kwargs)
+    return LoginView.as_view(
+        template_name=template_name,
+        redirect_field_name=redirect_field_name,
+        form_class=authentication_form,
+        extra_context=extra_context,
+        redirect_authenticated_user=redirect_authenticated_user,
+    )(request)
 
 
 class LogoutView(SuccessURLAllowedHostsMixin, TemplateView):
@@ -175,12 +184,20 @@ class LogoutView(SuccessURLAllowedHostsMixin, TemplateView):
         return context
 
 
-def logout(request, *args, **kwargs):
+def logout(request, next_page=None,
+           template_name='registration/logged_out.html',
+           redirect_field_name=REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME,
+           extra_context=None):
     warnings.warn(
         'The logout() view is superseded by the class-based LogoutView().',
         RemovedInDjango21Warning, stacklevel=2
     )
-    return LogoutView.as_view(**kwargs)(request, *args, **kwargs)
+    return LogoutView.as_view(
+        next_page=next_page,
+        template_name=template_name,
+        redirect_field_name=redirect_field_name,
+        extra_context=extra_context,
+    )(request)
 
 
 _sentinel = object()
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.5.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.5.txt
index 139371d90e7..5fc3afe9b4f 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.5.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.5.txt
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed non-deterministic results or an ``AssertionError`` crash in some
   queries with multiple joins (:ticket:`26522`).
+
+* Fixed a regression in ``contrib.auth``'s ``login()`` and ``logout()`` views
+  where they ignored positional arguments (:ticket:`28550`).
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_deprecated_views.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_deprecated_views.py
index be3b9904945..b53389a1618 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_deprecated_views.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_deprecated_views.py
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ from django.contrib.auth.forms import (
     AuthenticationForm, PasswordChangeForm, SetPasswordForm,
 )
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.views import login, logout
 from django.core import mail
 from django.http import QueryDict
-from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import ignore_warnings, patch_logger
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango21Warning
 
@@ -440,3 +441,48 @@ class SessionAuthenticationTests(AuthViewsTestCase):
         })
         # if the hash isn't updated, retrieving the redirection page will fail.
         self.assertRedirects(response, '/password_change/done/')
+
+
+@ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango21Warning)
+class TestLogin(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        self.request = self.factory.get('/')
+
+    def test_template_name(self):
+        response = login(self.request, 'template.html')
+        self.assertEqual(response.template_name, ['template.html'])
+
+    def test_form_class(self):
+        class NewForm(AuthenticationForm):
+            def confirm_login_allowed(self, user):
+                pass
+        response = login(self.request, 'template.html', None, NewForm)
+        self.assertEqual(response.context_data['form'].__class__.__name__, 'NewForm')
+
+    def test_extra_context(self):
+        extra_context = {'fake_context': 'fake_context'}
+        response = login(self.request, 'template.html', None, AuthenticationForm, extra_context)
+        self.assertEqual(response.resolve_context('fake_context'), 'fake_context')
+
+
+@ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango21Warning)
+class TestLogout(AuthViewsTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.login()
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        self.request = self.factory.post('/')
+        self.request.session = self.client.session
+
+    def test_template_name(self):
+        response = logout(self.request, None, 'template.html')
+        self.assertEqual(response.template_name, ['template.html'])
+
+    def test_next_page(self):
+        response = logout(self.request, 'www.next_page.com')
+        self.assertEqual(response.url, 'www.next_page.com')
+
+    def test_extra_context(self):
+        extra_context = {'fake_context': 'fake_context'}
+        response = logout(self.request, None, 'template.html', None, extra_context)
+        self.assertEqual(response.resolve_context('fake_context'), 'fake_context')