diff --git a/test/authentication_test.py b/test/authentication_test.py
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+import MySQLdb
+from MySQLdb import OperationalError
+from nose.tools import raises
+
+from proxysql_base_test import ProxySQLBaseTest
+
+class AuthenticationTest(ProxySQLBaseTest):
+
+	DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE = "./scenarios/1backend"
+
+	def test_existing_user_with_correct_password_works(self):
+		version1 = self.run_query_mysql(
+								"SELECT @@version_comment LIMIT 1", "test",
+								return_result=True,
+								username="john", password="doe")
+
+		version2 = self.run_query_proxysql(
+								"SELECT @@version_comment LIMIT 1", "test",
+								return_result=True,
+								username="john", password="doe")
+
+		self.assertEqual(version1, version2)
+
+	@raises(OperationalError)
+	def test_existing_user_with_correct_password_but_not_registerd_within_proxysql_does_not_work(self):
+		version1 = self.run_query_proxysql(
+								"SELECT @@version_comment LIMIT 1", "test",
+								return_result=True,
+								username="danny", password="white")
+
+	@raises(OperationalError)
+	def test_existing_user_with_incorrect_password_does_not_work(self):
+		version = self.run_query_proxysql(
+								"SELECT @@version_comment LIMIT 1", "test",
+								return_result=True,
+								username="john", password="doe2")
+
+	@raises(OperationalError)
+	def test_inexisting_user_with_random_password_does_not_work(self):
+		version = self.run_query_proxysql(
+								"SELECT @@version_comment LIMIT 1", "test",
+								return_result=True,
+								username="johnny", password="randomdoe")
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