diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/password_validation.py b/django/contrib/auth/password_validation.py
index e5ab22b614..5fdae05a84 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/password_validation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/password_validation.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import re
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError
+from django.core.exceptions import (
+    FieldDoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError,
+)
 from django.utils import lru_cache
 from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
@@ -144,7 +146,10 @@ class UserAttributeSimilarityValidator(object):
             value_parts = re.split('\W+', value) + [value]
             for value_part in value_parts:
                 if SequenceMatcher(a=password.lower(), b=value_part.lower()).quick_ratio() > self.max_similarity:
-                    verbose_name = force_text(user._meta.get_field(attribute_name).verbose_name)
+                    try:
+                        verbose_name = force_text(user._meta.get_field(attribute_name).verbose_name)
+                    except FieldDoesNotExist:
+                        verbose_name = attribute_name
                     raise ValidationError(
                         _("The password is too similar to the %(verbose_name)s."),
                         code='password_too_similar',
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_validators.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_validators.py
index 49a3c5395b..97cf396b1a 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_validators.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ from django.contrib.auth.password_validation import (
     validate_password,
 )
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.test.utils import isolate_apps
 from django.utils._os import upath
 
 
@@ -127,6 +129,19 @@ class UserAttributeSimilarityValidatorTest(TestCase):
             UserAttributeSimilarityValidator(user_attributes=['first_name']).validate('testclient', user=user)
         )
 
+    @isolate_apps('auth_tests')
+    def test_validate_property(self):
+        class TestUser(models.Model):
+            pass
+
+            @property
+            def username(self):
+                return 'foobar'
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as cm:
+            UserAttributeSimilarityValidator().validate('foobar', user=TestUser()),
+        self.assertEqual(cm.exception.messages, ['The password is too similar to the username.'])
+
     def test_help_text(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             UserAttributeSimilarityValidator().get_help_text(),