diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index aa3391a726b..f7031cb0035 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import decimal
 import os
 import re
 import unittest
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 import pytz
+from _pytest.monkeypatch import MonkeyPatch
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@
 from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers
 from rest_framework.fields import DjangoImageField, is_simple_callable
 
+try:
+    import cdecimal
+except ImportError:
+    cdecimal = False
+
 try:
     import typings
 except ImportError:
@@ -1128,6 +1135,16 @@ def test_part_precision_string_quantized_value_for_decimal(self):
         expected_digit_tuple = (0, (1, 2, 0, 0), -2)
         assert value == expected_digit_tuple
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(cdecimal, 'requires python 2.7')
+    def test_quantize_on_monkey_patched_cdecimal(self):
+        # Monkey-patch cdecimal to replace decimal in for DecimalField
+        monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()
+
+        with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+            m.setattr('rest_framework.fields.decimal', cdecimal)
+            f = rest_framework.fields.DecimalField(max_digits=4, decimal_places=2)
+            f.quantize(cdecimal.Decimal('1.234'))
+
 
 class TestNoDecimalPlaces(FieldValues):
     valid_inputs = {
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 11c37ccfc3e..0a4e34020f3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ deps =
         django20: Django>=2.0,<2.1
         django21: Django>=2.1b1,<2.2
         djangomaster: https://github.com/django/django/archive/master.tar.gz
+        py27: m3-cdecimal
         -rrequirements/requirements-testing.txt
         -rrequirements/requirements-optionals.txt