diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index f9a76a3..b2cec7e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -1261,11 +1261,12 @@
             401, 'WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=%s\r\n\r\n' % realm)
         opener.add_handler(auth_handler)
         opener.add_handler(http_handler)
-        self._test_basic_auth(opener, auth_handler, "Authorization",
-                              realm, http_handler, password_manager,
-                              "http://acme.example.com/protected",
-                              "http://acme.example.com/protected",
-                              )
+        with self.assertWarns(UserWarning):
+            self._test_basic_auth(opener, auth_handler, "Authorization",
+                                realm, http_handler, password_manager,
+                                "http://acme.example.com/protected",
+                                "http://acme.example.com/protected",
+                                )
 
     def test_proxy_basic_auth(self):
         opener = OpenerDirector()
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 6cc78ed..96bb8d7 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -934,6 +934,9 @@
                 mo = AbstractBasicAuthHandler.rx.search(authreq)
                 if mo:
                     scheme, quote, realm = mo.groups()
+                    if quote not in ['"',"'"]:
+                        warnings.warn("Basic Auth Realm was unquoted",
+                                      UserWarning, 2)
                     if scheme.lower() == 'basic':
                         response = self.retry_http_basic_auth(host, req, realm)
                         if response and response.code != 401: