diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 83a0869..304df5c
--- a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from django.utils.text import capfirst
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+
 
 LOGIN_FORM_KEY = 'this_is_the_login_form'
 
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ class AdminSite(object):
         """
         def inner(request, *args, **kwargs):
             if not self.has_permission(request):
+                if request.path.endswith(reverse('admin:logout')):
+                    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('admin:index'))
                 return self.login(request)
             return view(request, *args, **kwargs)
         if not cacheable:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6037c2b..4ef3e9d
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -3351,3 +3351,31 @@ class AdminCustomSaveRelatedTests(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual('Josh Stone', Parent.objects.latest('id').name)
         self.assertEqual([u'Catherine Stone', u'Paul Stone'], children_names)
+
+class AdminViewLogoutTest(TestCase): 
+    urls = "regressiontests.admin_views.urls"
+    fixtures = ['admin-views-users.xml', ] 
+
+    def setUp(self): 
+        self.client.login(username='super', password='secret') 
+    
+    def tearDown(self): 
+        self.client.logout()
+
+    def test_client_logout_url_can_be_used_to_login(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/logout/') 
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.template_name, 'registration/logged_out.html')
+        self.assertEqual(response.request['PATH_INFO'], '/test_admin/admin/logout/')
+
+        # we are now logged out - issue a GET request to `/test_admin/admin/logout/`
+        response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/logout/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)  # we should be redirected to the login page.
+
+        response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/logout/', follow=True)  # follow the redirect and test results.
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.template_name, 'admin/login.html')
+        self.assertEqual(response.request['PATH_INFO'], '/test_admin/admin/')
+
+        self.assertTrue(
+            '<input type="hidden" name="next" value="/test_admin/admin/" />' in response.content)