diff --git a/tests/logging_tests/tests.py b/tests/logging_tests/tests.py
index 7dde4b47b1..84e4319273 100644
--- a/tests/logging_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/logging_tests/tests.py
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ class WarningLoggerTests(TestCase):
     and captured to the logging system
     """
     def setUp(self):
+        # If tests are invoke with "-Wall" (or any -W flag actually) then
+        # warning logging gets disabled (see django/conf/__init__.py). However,
+        # these tests expect warnings to be logged, so manually force warnings
+        # to the logs.
+        logging.captureWarnings(True)
+
         # this convoluted setup is to avoid printing this deprecation to
         # stderr during test running - as the test runner forces deprecations
         # to be displayed at the global py.warnings level
@@ -108,6 +114,9 @@ class WarningLoggerTests(TestCase):
         for i, handler in enumerate(self.logger.handlers):
             self.logger.handlers[i].stream = self.old_streams[i]
 
+        # Reset warnings state.
+        logging.captureWarnings(False)
+
     @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
     def test_warnings_capture(self):
         warnings.warn('Foo Deprecated', DeprecationWarning)