diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py
index cd045fb793..a6bea47877 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py
@@ -58,15 +58,20 @@ class AuthViewsTestCase(TestCase):
         form_errors = list(itertools.chain(*response.context['form'].errors.values()))
         self.assertIn(force_text(error), form_errors)
 
-    def assertURLEqual(self, url, expected):
+    def assertURLEqual(self, url, expected, parse_qs=False):
         """
         Given two URLs, make sure all their components (the ones given by
         urlparse) are equal, only comparing components that are present in both
         URLs.
+        If `parse_qs` is True, then the querystrings are parsed with QueryDict.
+        This is useful if you don't want the order of parameters to matter.
+        Otherwise, the query strings are compared as-is.
         """
         fields = ParseResult._fields
 
         for attr, x, y in zip(fields, urlparse(url), urlparse(expected)):
+            if parse_qs and attr == 'query':
+                x, y = QueryDict(x), QueryDict(y)
             if x and y and x != y:
                 self.fail("%r != %r (%s doesn't match)" % (url, expected, attr))
 
@@ -459,10 +464,10 @@ class LoginTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
 @skipIfCustomUser
 class LoginURLSettings(AuthViewsTestCase):
     """Tests for settings.LOGIN_URL."""
-    def assertLoginURLEquals(self, url):
+    def assertLoginURLEquals(self, url, parse_qs=False):
         response = self.client.get('/login_required/')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
-        self.assertURLEqual(response.url, url)
+        self.assertURLEqual(response.url, url, parse_qs=parse_qs)
 
     @override_settings(LOGIN_URL='/login/')
     def test_standard_login_url(self):
@@ -486,7 +491,7 @@ class LoginURLSettings(AuthViewsTestCase):
 
     @override_settings(LOGIN_URL='/login/?pretty=1')
     def test_login_url_with_querystring(self):
-        self.assertLoginURLEquals('/login/?pretty=1&next=/login_required/')
+        self.assertLoginURLEquals('/login/?pretty=1&next=/login_required/', parse_qs=True)
 
     @override_settings(LOGIN_URL='http://remote.example.com/login/?next=/default/')
     def test_remote_login_url_with_next_querystring(self):