diff --git a/analyticsdataserver/tests/test_urls.py b/analyticsdataserver/tests/test_urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..424c0f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/analyticsdataserver/tests/test_urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+
+class UrlConfigurationTests(TestCase):
+    def test_admin_url_is_exposed(self):
+        self.assertEqual(reverse('admin:index'), '/admin/')
+
+    def test_admin_requires_authentication(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:index'))
+
+        self.assertRedirects(response, '/admin/login/?next=/admin/')
diff --git a/analyticsdataserver/urls.py b/analyticsdataserver/urls.py
index df0d3f45..7910e327 100644
--- a/analyticsdataserver/urls.py
+++ b/analyticsdataserver/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import include, re_path
+from django.urls import include, path, re_path
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
 from edx_api_doc_tools import make_api_info, make_docs_ui_view
 from rest_framework.authtoken.views import obtain_auth_token
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 )
 
 urlpatterns += [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     re_path(r'^docs/$', api_ui_view, name='api-docs'),
     re_path(r'^$', RedirectView.as_view(url='/docs')),  # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter
 ]