diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index 386262e469..d450a65e17 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
-from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, LoginError, SynapseError
 from synapse.api.ratelimiting import Ratelimiter
 from synapse.appservice import ApplicationService
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_login.py b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_login.py
index 2668662c9e..7a27869c78 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_login.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_login.py
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ from mock import Mock
 import jwt
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
+from synapse.appservice import ApplicationService
 from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login, logout
-from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import devices
+from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import devices, register
 from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha.account import WhoamiRestServlet
 
 from tests import unittest
@@ -748,3 +749,74 @@ class JWTPubKeyTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
             channel.json_body["error"],
             "JWT validation failed: Signature verification failed",
         )
+
+
+AS_USER = "as_user_alice"
+
+
+class AppserviceLoginRestServletTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+    servlets = [
+        login.register_servlets,
+        register.register_servlets,
+        lambda hs, http_server: WhoamiRestServlet(hs).register(http_server),
+    ]
+
+    def register_as_user(self, username):
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            b"POST",
+            f"/_matrix/client/r0/register?access_token={self.service.token}",
+            {"username": username},
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+        self.hs = self.setup_test_homeserver()
+
+        self.service = ApplicationService(
+            id="unique_identifier",
+            token="some_token",
+            hostname="example.com",
+            sender="@asbot:example.com",
+            namespaces={
+                ApplicationService.NS_USERS: [
+                    {"regex": r"@as_user.*", "exclusive": False}
+                ],
+                ApplicationService.NS_ROOMS: [],
+                ApplicationService.NS_ALIASES: [],
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.hs.get_datastore().services_cache.append(self.service)
+        return self.hs
+
+    def test_login_appservice_user(self):
+        """Test that an appservice user can use /login
+        """
+        self.register_as_user(AS_USER)
+
+        params = {
+            "type": login.LoginRestServlet.APPSERVICE_TYPE,
+            "identifier": {"type": "m.id.user", "user": AS_USER},
+        }
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            b"POST", LOGIN_URL, params, access_token=self.service.token
+        )
+
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEquals(channel.result["code"], b"200", channel.result)
+
+    def test_login_appservice_user_bot(self):
+        """Test that the appservice bot can use /login
+        """
+        self.register_as_user(AS_USER)
+
+        params = {
+            "type": login.LoginRestServlet.APPSERVICE_TYPE,
+            "identifier": {"type": "m.id.user", "user": self.service.sender},
+        }
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            b"POST", LOGIN_URL, params, access_token=self.service.token
+        )
+
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEquals(channel.result["code"], b"200", channel.result)