diff --git a/tests/apps/apps.py b/tests/apps/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2012a34fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/apps/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class MyAdmin(AppConfig):
+    name = 'django.contrib.admin'
+    verbose_name = "Admin sweet admin."
+
+
+class MyAuth(AppConfig):
+    name = 'django.contrib.auth'
+    verbose_name = "All your password are belong to us."
+
+
+class BadConfig(AppConfig):
+    """This class doesn't supply the mandatory 'name' attribute."""
+
+
+class NotAConfig(object):
+    name = 'apps'
+
+
+class NoSuchApp(AppConfig):
+    name = 'there is no such app'
+
+
diff --git a/tests/apps/tests.py b/tests/apps/tests.py
index 53afd8e8e9..c743ba04a3 100644
--- a/tests/apps/tests.py
+++ b/tests/apps/tests.py
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ class AppsTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_no_such_app(self):
         """
-        Tests when INSTALLED_APPS contains an app config for an app that doesn't exist.
+        Tests when INSTALLED_APPS contains an app that doesn't exist, either
+        directly or via an app config.
         """
+        with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
+            with self.settings(INSTALLED_APPS=['there is no such app']):
+                pass
         with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
             with self.settings(INSTALLED_APPS=['apps.apps.NoSuchApp']):
                 pass