diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/models.py b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
index a0ed4f366f..3ea184a7f8 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/models.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ class AnonymousUser(object):
     def has_perm(self, perm):
         return False
 
+    def has_perms(self, perm_list):
+        return False
+
     def has_module_perms(self, module):
         return False
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/auth_backends/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/auth_backends/tests.py
index 3ec2a059ad..d22f0bf939 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/auth_backends/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/auth_backends/tests.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ except NameError:
     from sets import Set as set     # Python 2.3 fallback
 
 __test__ = {'API_TESTS': """
->>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group, Permission
+>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group, Permission, AnonymousUser
 >>> from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
 # No Permissions assigned yet, should return False except for superuser
@@ -69,4 +69,10 @@ True
 True
 >>> user.has_perms(['auth.test3', 'auth.test_group'])
 True
+
+>>> user = AnonymousUser()
+>>> user.has_perm('test')
+False
+>>> user.has_perms(['auth.test2', 'auth.test3'])
+False
 """}