diff --git a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD
index 19791fbddd5..c40bff1e049 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = [
         "admission_test.go",
+        "authentication_test.go",
         "authorization_test.go",
         "storage_versions_test.go",
     ],
@@ -98,5 +99,6 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/authentication_test.go b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/authentication_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e02e7debffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/authentication_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package options
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+)
+
+func TestAuthenticationValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		testOIDC  *OIDCAuthenticationOptions
+		testSA    *ServiceAccountAuthenticationOptions
+		expectErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "test when OIDC and ServiceAccounts are nil",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test when OIDC and ServiceAccounts are valid",
+			testOIDC: &OIDCAuthenticationOptions{
+				UsernameClaim: "sub",
+				SigningAlgs:   []string{"RS256"},
+				IssuerURL:     "testIssuerURL",
+			},
+			testSA: &ServiceAccountAuthenticationOptions{
+				Issuer: "http://foo.bar.com",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test when OIDC is invalid",
+			testOIDC: &OIDCAuthenticationOptions{
+				UsernameClaim: "sub",
+				SigningAlgs:   []string{"RS256"},
+				IssuerURL:     "testIssuerURL",
+			},
+			testSA: &ServiceAccountAuthenticationOptions{
+				Issuer: "http://foo.bar.com",
+			},
+			expectErr: "oidc-issuer-url and oidc-client-id should be specified together",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test when ServiceAccount is invalid",
+			testOIDC: &OIDCAuthenticationOptions{
+				UsernameClaim: "sub",
+				SigningAlgs:   []string{"RS256"},
+				IssuerURL:     "testIssuerURL",
+				ClientID:      "testClientID",
+			},
+			testSA: &ServiceAccountAuthenticationOptions{
+				Issuer: "http://[::1]:namedport",
+			},
+			expectErr: "service-account-issuer contained a ':' but was not a valid URL",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testcase := range testCases {
+		t.Run(testcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			options := NewBuiltInAuthenticationOptions()
+			options.OIDC = testcase.testOIDC
+			options.ServiceAccounts = testcase.testSA
+
+			errs := options.Validate()
+			if len(errs) > 0 && !strings.Contains(utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs).Error(), testcase.expectErr) {
+				t.Errorf("Got err: %v, Expected err: %s", errs, testcase.expectErr)
+			}
+
+			if len(errs) == 0 && len(testcase.expectErr) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("Got err nil, Expected err: %s", testcase.expectErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}