diff --git a/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/tests/test_api.py b/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/tests/test_api.py
index 6cfb9e77dd..6aba9462e3 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from json import loads
-
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 
+from rest_framework import status
+
 from documents.models import DocumentType
 from documents.search import document_search
-from documents.tests import TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE_LABEL, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
-from rest_api.tests import BaseAPITestCase
-from user_management.tests import (
-    TEST_ADMIN_EMAIL, TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD, TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME
+from documents.permissions import permission_document_view
+from documents.tests import (
+    TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE_LABEL, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
 )
+from rest_api.tests import BaseAPITestCase
 
 from ..classes import SearchModel
 
@@ -21,44 +20,53 @@ from ..classes import SearchModel
 class SearchAPITestCase(BaseAPITestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(SearchAPITestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.login_user()
 
-        self.admin_user = get_user_model().objects.create_superuser(
-            username=TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME, email=TEST_ADMIN_EMAIL,
-            password=TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-        )
-
-        self.client.login(
-            username=TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME, password=TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-        )
-
-    def test_search(self):
-        document_type = DocumentType.objects.create(
-            label=TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE_LABEL
-        )
-
-        with open(TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
-            document = document_type.new_document(
-                file_object=file_object,
-            )
-
-        response = self.client.get(
-            '{}?q={}'.format(
+    def _request_search_view(self):
+        return self.get(
+            path='{}?q={}'.format(
                 reverse(
                     'rest_api:search-view', args=(
                         document_search.get_full_name(),
                     )
-                ), document.label
+                ), self.document.label
             )
         )
 
-        content = loads(response.content)
-        self.assertEqual(content['results'][0]['label'], document.label)
-        self.assertEqual(content['count'], 1)
+    def _create_document(self):
+        self.document_type = DocumentType.objects.create(
+            label=TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE_LABEL
+        )
+
+        with open(TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
+            self.document = self.document_type.new_document(
+                file_object=file_object,
+            )
+
+    def test_search_no_access(self):
+        self._create_document()
+        response = self._request_search_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 0)
+
+    def test_search_with_access(self):
+        self._create_document()
+        self.grant_access(
+            permission=permission_document_view, obj=self.document
+        )
+        response = self._request_search_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.data['results'][0]['label'], self.document.label
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 1)
 
     def test_search_models_view(self):
-        response = self.client.get(
-            reverse('rest_api:searchmodel-list')
+        response = self.get(
+            viewname='rest_api:searchmodel-list'
         )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
 
         self.assertEqual(
             [search_model['pk'] for search_model in response.data['results']],