diff --git a/mongoengine/django/auth.py b/mongoengine/django/auth.py
index 0a309c4cd..80ca42a02 100644
--- a/mongoengine/django/auth.py
+++ b/mongoengine/django/auth.py
@@ -328,6 +328,17 @@ def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
         # Otherwise we need to check the backends.
         return _user_has_perm(self, perm, obj)
 
+    def has_perms(self, perm_list, obj=None):
+        """
+        Returns True if the user has each of the specified permissions. If
+        object is passed, it checks if the user has all required perms for this
+        object.
+        """
+        for perm in perm_list:
+            if not self.has_perm(perm, obj):
+                return False
+        return True
+
     def has_module_perms(self, app_label):
         """
         Returns True if the user has any permissions in the given app label.
@@ -395,6 +406,8 @@ def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
     def get_user(self, user_id):
         return self.user_document.objects.with_id(user_id)
 
+    # TODO: needs the whole permissions logic
+
     @property
     def user_document(self):
         if self._user_doc is False:
@@ -402,6 +415,7 @@ def user_document(self):
             self._user_doc = get_user_document()
         return self._user_doc
 
+
 def get_user(userid):
     """Returns a User object from an id (User.id). Django's equivalent takes
     request, but taking an id instead leaves it up to the developer to store
diff --git a/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py b/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py
index ad4ceff8d..77a584f03 100644
--- a/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py
+++ b/mongoengine/django/mongo_auth/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
 from django.contrib.auth.models import UserManager
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import models
 try:
     from django.utils.module_loading import import_module
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ def contribute_to_class(self, model, name):
             field = models.CharField(_(name), max_length=30)
             field.contribute_to_class(self.dj_model, name)
 
-
     def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             return self.get_query_set().get(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_django.py b/tests/test_django.py
index cb7efe6f1..5202e56c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_django.py
+++ b/tests/test_django.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 try:
     from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, get_user_model
-    from mongoengine.django.auth import User
+    from mongoengine.django.auth import User, ContentType, Permission, Group
     from mongoengine.django.mongo_auth.models import (
         MongoUser,
         MongoUserManager,
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
     DJ15 = True
 except Exception:
     DJ15 = False
+try:
+    from django.test import modify_settings
+    DJ17 = True
+except Exception:
+    DJ17 = False
 from mongoengine.django.sessions import SessionStore, MongoSession
 from mongoengine.django.tests import MongoTestCase
 from datetime import tzinfo, timedelta
@@ -321,6 +326,82 @@ def test_authenticate(self):
         self.assertEqual(user.id, db_user.id)
 
 
+class MongoAuthBackendTest(MongoTestCase):
+    user_data = {
+        'username': 'user',
+        'email': 'user@example.com',
+        'password': 'test',
+    }
+    backend = 'mongoengine.django.auth.MongoEngineBackend'
+
+    UserModel = MongoUser
+
+    def create_users(self):
+        self.user = MongoUser.objects.create_user(
+            username='test',
+            email='test@example.com',
+            password='test',
+        )
+        self.superuser = MongoUser.objects.create_superuser(
+            username='test2',
+            email='test2@example.com',
+            password='test',
+        )
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if not DJ17:
+            raise SkipTest('mongo_auth backend tests require Django 1.7')
+        self.patched_settings = modify_settings(
+            AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS={'append': self.backend},
+        )
+        self.patched_settings.enable()
+        connect(db='mongoenginetest')
+        User.drop_collection()
+        ContentType.drop_collection()
+        Permission.drop_collection()
+        self.create_users()
+        super(MongoAuthBackendTest, self).setUp()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.patched_settings.disable()
+        ContentType.objects.clear_cache()
+
+    def test_has_perm(self):
+        user = self.UserModel._default_manager.get(pk=self.user.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_perm('auth.test'), False)
+
+        user.is_staff = True
+        user.save()
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_perm('auth.test'), False)
+
+        user.is_superuser = True
+        user.save()
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_perm('auth.test'), True)
+
+        user.is_staff = True
+        user.is_superuser = True
+        user.is_active = False
+        user.save()
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_perm('auth.test'), False)
+
+    def test_custom_perms(self):
+        user = self.UserModel._default_manager.get(pk=self.user.pk)
+        content_type = ContentType(app_label='test', model='group').save()
+        perm = Permission(name='test', content_type=content_type, codename='test').save()
+        user.user_permissions.append(perm)
+        user.save()
+
+        # reloading user to purge the _perm_cache
+        user = self.UserModel._default_manager.get(pk=self.user.pk)
+        raise SkipTest("Permission logic not implemented on Mongo Backend")
+        self.assertEqual(user.get_all_permissions() == set(['auth.test']), True)
+        self.assertEqual(user.get_group_permissions(), set())
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_module_perms('Group'), False)
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_module_perms('auth'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_perm('auth.test'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(user.has_perms(['auth.test']), True)
+
+
 class MongoTestCaseTest(MongoTestCase):
     def test_mongo_test_case(self):
         self.db.dummy_collection.insert({'collection': 'will be dropped'})