diff --git a/django/test/client.py b/django/test/client.py
index 1262e187cb3..c1b05c0c519 100644
--- a/django/test/client.py
+++ b/django/test/client.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django.core.handlers.base import BaseHandler
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIRequest
 from django.core.signals import (request_started, request_finished,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ from django.db import close_old_connections
 from django.http import SimpleCookie, HttpRequest, QueryDict
 from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.test import signals
-from django.utils.functional import curry
+from django.utils.functional import curry, SimpleLazyObject
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_str
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
 from django.utils.itercompat import is_iterable
@@ -449,6 +450,10 @@ class Client(RequestFactory):
             response.templates = data.get("templates", [])
             response.context = data.get("context")
 
+            # Attach the ResolverMatch instance to the response
+            response.resolver_match = SimpleLazyObject(
+                lambda: urlresolvers.resolve(request['PATH_INFO']))
+
             # Flatten a single context. Not really necessary anymore thanks to
             # the __getattr__ flattening in ContextList, but has some edge-case
             # backwards-compatibility implications.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index 86f9a122c2d..b4f385529d0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -214,8 +214,11 @@ Tests
 * The new :meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertJSONNotEqual` assertion
   allows you to test that two JSON fragments are not equal.
 
-* Added the ability to preserve the test database by adding the :djadminopt:`--keepdb`
-  flag.
+* Added the ability to preserve the test database by adding the
+  :djadminopt:`--keepdb` flag.
+
+* Added the :attr:`~django.test.Response.resolver_match` attribute to test
+  client responses.
 
 Validators
 ^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index 1d55b2e3dcc..e6433b5235f 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -432,6 +432,25 @@ Specifically, a ``Response`` object has the following attributes:
         loaded from a file. (The name is a string such as
         ``'admin/index.html'``.)
 
+    .. attribute:: resolver_match
+
+       .. versionadded:: 1.8
+
+        An instance of :class:`~django.core.urlresolvers.ResolverMatch` for the
+        response. You can use the
+        :attr:`~django.core.urlresolvers.ResolverMatch.func` attribute, for
+        example, to verify the view that served the response::
+
+            # my_view here is a function based view
+            self.assertEqual(response.resolver_match.func, my_view)
+
+            # class based views need to be compared by name, as the functions
+            # generated by as_view() won't be equal
+            self.assertEqual(response.resolver_match.func.__name__, MyView.as_view().__name__)
+
+        If the given URL is not found, accessing this attribute will raise a
+        :exc:`~django.core.urlresolvers.Resolver404` exception.
+
 You can also use dictionary syntax on the response object to query the value
 of any settings in the HTTP headers. For example, you could determine the
 content type of a response using ``response['Content-Type']``.
diff --git a/tests/test_client/tests.py b/tests/test_client/tests.py
index b9c033fe153..a14d1ebef13 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/tests.py
@@ -99,6 +99,29 @@ class ClientTest(TestCase):
             self.assertIn(key, response.wsgi_request.environ)
             self.assertEqual(response.wsgi_request.environ[key], value)
 
+    def test_response_resolver_match(self):
+        """
+        The response contains a ResolverMatch instance.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get('/header_view/')
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(response, 'resolver_match'))
+
+    def test_response_resolver_match_redirect_follow(self):
+        """
+        The response ResolverMatch instance contains the correct
+        information when following redirects.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get('/redirect_view/', follow=True)
+        self.assertEqual(response.resolver_match.url_name, 'get_view')
+
+    def test_response_resolver_match_regular_view(self):
+        """
+        The response ResolverMatch instance contains the correct
+        information when accessing a regular view.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get('/get_view/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.resolver_match.url_name, 'get_view')
+
     def test_raw_post(self):
         "POST raw data (with a content type) to a view"
         test_doc = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><library><book><title>Blink</title><author>Malcolm Gladwell</author></book></library>"""
diff --git a/tests/test_client/urls.py b/tests/test_client/urls.py
index 554c934fe73..d56e151b018 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/urls.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from . import views
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^get_view/$', views.get_view),
+    url(r'^get_view/$', views.get_view, name='get_view'),
     url(r'^post_view/$', views.post_view),
     url(r'^header_view/$', views.view_with_header),
     url(r'^raw_post_view/$', views.raw_post_view),