I'm using a custom Django user model, and ucamwebauth wouldn't quite work because the OneToOneField in models.UserProfile makes the assumption that you're linking to the *standard* User from django.contrib.auth. Making these changes in models.py: from django.conf import settings ... user = models.OneToOneField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="profile") fixes it for me and I think is the correct general solution. Thanks!