diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/models.py
index 71abcc51987fc..7088bfc2f39de 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/models.py
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-# models.py file for tests to run.
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
+
+
+@python_2_unicode_compatible
+class Band(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ('name',)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
index b8cffd9c92528..231328b163560 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 import gzip
 import re
@@ -7,17 +8,22 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import mail
+from django.db import transaction
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.http import HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.middleware.clickjacking import XFrameOptionsMiddleware
 from django.middleware.common import CommonMiddleware
 from django.middleware.http import ConditionalGetMiddleware
 from django.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
-from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+from django.middleware.transaction import TransactionMiddleware
+from django.test import TransactionTestCase, TestCase, RequestFactory
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.six.moves import xrange
 
+from .models import Band
+
 
 class CommonMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ def test_404_error_reporting_ignored_url(self):
     def test_non_ascii_query_string_does_not_crash(self):
         """Regression test for #15152"""
         request = self._get_request('slash')
-        request.META['QUERY_STRING'] = 'drink=café'
+        request.META['QUERY_STRING'] = force_str('drink=café')
         response = CommonMiddleware().process_request(request)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 301)
 
@@ -664,3 +670,45 @@ def test_compress_response(self):
         nogzip_etag = response.get('ETag')
 
         self.assertNotEqual(gzip_etag, nogzip_etag)
+
+class TransactionMiddlewareTest(TransactionTestCase):
+    """
+    Test the transaction middleware.
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.request = HttpRequest()
+        self.request.META = {
+            'SERVER_NAME': 'testserver',
+            'SERVER_PORT': 80,
+        }
+        self.request.path = self.request.path_info = "/"
+        self.response = HttpResponse()
+        self.response.status_code = 200
+
+    def test_request(self):
+        TransactionMiddleware().process_request(self.request)
+        self.assertTrue(transaction.is_managed())
+
+    def test_managed_response(self):
+        transaction.enter_transaction_management()
+        transaction.managed(True)
+        Band.objects.create(name='The Beatles')
+        self.assertTrue(transaction.is_dirty())
+        TransactionMiddleware().process_response(self.request, self.response)
+        self.assertFalse(transaction.is_dirty())
+        self.assertEqual(Band.objects.count(), 1)
+
+    def test_unmanaged_response(self):
+        transaction.managed(False)
+        TransactionMiddleware().process_response(self.request, self.response)
+        self.assertFalse(transaction.is_managed())
+        self.assertFalse(transaction.is_dirty())
+
+    def test_exception(self):
+        transaction.enter_transaction_management()
+        transaction.managed(True)
+        Band.objects.create(name='The Beatles')
+        self.assertTrue(transaction.is_dirty())
+        TransactionMiddleware().process_exception(self.request, None)
+        self.assertEqual(Band.objects.count(), 0)
+        self.assertFalse(transaction.is_dirty())