diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index 95d0d8e399..a7986dd028 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class SimpleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                           None]
         return None, template_names, msg_prefix
 
-    def assertTemplateUsed(self, response=None, template_name=None, msg_prefix=''):
+    def assertTemplateUsed(self, response=None, template_name=None, msg_prefix='', count=None):
         """
         Asserts that the template with the provided name was used in rendering
         the response. Also usable as context manager.
@@ -540,6 +540,12 @@ class SimpleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             " the response. Actual template(s) used: %s" %
                 (template_name, ', '.join(template_names)))
 
+        if count is not None:
+            self.assertEqual(template_names.count(template_name), count,
+                msg_prefix + "Template '%s' was expected to be rendered %d "
+                "time(s) but was actually rendered %d time(s)." %
+                    (template_name, count, template_names.count(template_name)))
+
     def assertTemplateNotUsed(self, response=None, template_name=None, msg_prefix=''):
         """
         Asserts that the template with the provided name was NOT used in
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index 977b166880..b206dcc4ce 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ Requests and Responses
 Tests
 ^^^^^
 
-* ...
+* The ``count`` argument was added to
+  :meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertTemplateUsed`. This allows you to
+  assert that a template was rendered a specific number of times.
 
 Validators
 ^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index 7bd37c63d6..2be5b8ac9f 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -1328,13 +1328,19 @@ your test suite.
     attribute ordering is not significant. See
     :meth:`~SimpleTestCase.assertHTMLEqual` for more details.
 
-.. method:: SimpleTestCase.assertTemplateUsed(response, template_name, msg_prefix='')
+.. method:: SimpleTestCase.assertTemplateUsed(response, template_name, msg_prefix='', count=None)
 
     Asserts that the template with the given name was used in rendering the
     response.
 
     The name is a string such as ``'admin/index.html'``.
 
+    .. versionadded:: 1.8
+
+        The count argument is an integer indicating the number of times the
+        template should be rendered. Default is ``None``, meaning that the
+        template should be rendered one or more times.
+
     You can use this as a context manager, like this::
 
         with self.assertTemplateUsed('index.html'):
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
index 59cc46b567..da903dfcfd 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ class AssertTemplateUsedTests(TestCase):
         except AssertionError as e:
             self.assertIn("abc: No templates used to render the response", str(e))
 
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError) as context:
+            self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'GET Template', count=2)
+        self.assertIn(
+            "No templates used to render the response",
+            str(context.exception))
+
     def test_single_context(self):
         "Template assertions work when there is a single context"
         response = self.client.get('/post_view/', {})
@@ -237,6 +243,21 @@ class AssertTemplateUsedTests(TestCase):
         except AssertionError as e:
             self.assertIn("abc: Template 'Empty POST Template' was not a template used to render the response. Actual template(s) used: Empty GET Template", str(e))
 
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError) as context:
+            self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'Empty GET Template', count=2)
+        self.assertIn(
+            "Template 'Empty GET Template' was expected to be rendered 2 "
+            "time(s) but was actually rendered 1 time(s).",
+            str(context.exception))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError) as context:
+            self.assertTemplateUsed(
+                response, 'Empty GET Template', msg_prefix='abc', count=2)
+        self.assertIn(
+            "abc: Template 'Empty GET Template' was expected to be rendered 2 "
+            "time(s) but was actually rendered 1 time(s).",
+            str(context.exception))
+
     def test_multiple_context(self):
         "Template assertions work when there are multiple contexts"
         post_data = {
@@ -263,6 +284,19 @@ class AssertTemplateUsedTests(TestCase):
         except AssertionError as e:
             self.assertIn("Template 'Valid POST Template' was not a template used to render the response. Actual template(s) used: form_view.html, base.html", str(e))
 
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError) as context:
+            self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'base.html', count=2)
+        self.assertIn(
+            "Template 'base.html' was expected to be rendered 2 "
+            "time(s) but was actually rendered 1 time(s).",
+            str(context.exception))
+
+    def test_template_rendered_multiple_times(self):
+        """Template assertions work when a template is rendered multiple times."""
+        response = self.client.get('/render_template_multiple_times/')
+
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'base.html', count=2)
+
 
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='test_client_regress.urls')
 class AssertRedirectsTests(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py b/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py
index 44bbebfcd8..1bd0e0bc5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^read_all/$', views.read_all),
     url(r'^read_buffer/$', views.read_buffer),
     url(r'^request_context_view/$', views.request_context_view),
+    url(r'^render_template_multiple_times/$', views.render_template_multiple_times),
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/views.py b/tests/test_client_regress/views.py
index db5de3bf87..656d7a4651 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/views.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/views.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
 from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.test import Client
 from django.test.client import CONTENT_TYPE_RE
 from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment
@@ -151,3 +152,9 @@ def request_context_view(request):
     # Special attribute that won't be present on a plain HttpRequest
     request.special_path = request.path
     return render_to_response('request_context.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request, {}))
+
+
+def render_template_multiple_times(request):
+    """A view that renders a template multiple times."""
+    return HttpResponse(
+        render_to_string('base.html') + render_to_string('base.html'))