diff --git a/hypha/apply/users/tests/test_utils.py b/hypha/apply/users/tests/test_utils.py
index 9c68dd86ba6ea5feaffdf4e7462fd214071ef51d..6c85337205a586362b50499d4ed59c7cdf1a05c3 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/users/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/users/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.core import mail
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from hypha.apply.users.tests.factories import UserFactory
 
@@ -11,3 +12,4 @@ class TestActivationEmail(TestCase):
     def test_activation_email_includes_link(self):
         send_activation_email(UserFactory())
         self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 1)
+        self.assertContains(mail.outbox[0], settings.WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL)
diff --git a/hypha/settings/test.py b/hypha/settings/test.py
index e4936bbfb355f67645f8f151eb9ab0b6ba5bd2ca..6cd3f6faecb3d351166975c27309136bf29960b8 100644
--- a/hypha/settings/test.py
+++ b/hypha/settings/test.py
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage'
 PASSWORD_HASHERS = [
     'django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher',
 ]
+
+WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL = 'http://base-admin-url/'