diff --git a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD
index 19791fbddd5..df6c28129d6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/BUILD
@@ -91,12 +91,17 @@ go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = [
         "admission_test.go",
+        "authentication_test.go",
         "authorization_test.go",
         "storage_versions_test.go",
     ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authenticator:go_default_library",
         "//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",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticatorfactory:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options: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..0de54c79c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/authentication_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/*
+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 (
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticatorfactory"
+	apiserveroptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubeapiserver/authenticator"
+)
+
+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)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestToAuthenticationConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	testOptions := &BuiltInAuthenticationOptions{
+		Anonymous: &AnonymousAuthenticationOptions{
+			Allow: false,
+		},
+		ClientCert: &apiserveroptions.ClientCertAuthenticationOptions{
+			ClientCA: "/client-ca",
+		},
+		WebHook: &WebHookAuthenticationOptions{
+			CacheTTL:   180000000000,
+			ConfigFile: "/token-webhook-config",
+		},
+		BootstrapToken: &BootstrapTokenAuthenticationOptions{
+			Enable: false,
+		},
+		OIDC: &OIDCAuthenticationOptions{
+			CAFile:        "/testCAFile",
+			UsernameClaim: "sub",
+			SigningAlgs:   []string{"RS256"},
+			IssuerURL:     "testIssuerURL",
+			ClientID:      "testClientID",
+		},
+		PasswordFile: &PasswordFileAuthenticationOptions{
+			BasicAuthFile: "/testBasicAuthFile",
+		},
+		RequestHeader: &apiserveroptions.RequestHeaderAuthenticationOptions{
+			UsernameHeaders:     []string{"x-remote-user"},
+			GroupHeaders:        []string{"x-remote-group"},
+			ExtraHeaderPrefixes: []string{"x-remote-extra-"},
+			ClientCAFile:        "/testClientCAFile",
+			AllowedNames:        []string{"kube-aggregator"},
+		},
+		ServiceAccounts: &ServiceAccountAuthenticationOptions{
+			Lookup: true,
+			Issuer: "http://foo.bar.com",
+		},
+		TokenFile: &TokenFileAuthenticationOptions{
+			TokenFile: "/testTokenFile",
+		},
+		TokenSuccessCacheTTL: 10 * time.Second,
+		TokenFailureCacheTTL: 0,
+	}
+
+	expectConfig := authenticator.AuthenticatorConfig{
+		Anonymous:                   false,
+		BasicAuthFile:               "/testBasicAuthFile",
+		BootstrapToken:              false,
+		ClientCAFile:                "/client-ca",
+		TokenAuthFile:               "/testTokenFile",
+		OIDCIssuerURL:               "testIssuerURL",
+		OIDCClientID:                "testClientID",
+		OIDCCAFile:                  "/testCAFile",
+		OIDCUsernameClaim:           "sub",
+		OIDCSigningAlgs:             []string{"RS256"},
+		ServiceAccountLookup:        true,
+		ServiceAccountIssuer:        "http://foo.bar.com",
+		WebhookTokenAuthnConfigFile: "/token-webhook-config",
+		WebhookTokenAuthnCacheTTL:   180000000000,
+
+		TokenSuccessCacheTTL: 10 * time.Second,
+		TokenFailureCacheTTL: 0,
+
+		RequestHeaderConfig: &authenticatorfactory.RequestHeaderConfig{
+			UsernameHeaders:     []string{"x-remote-user"},
+			GroupHeaders:        []string{"x-remote-group"},
+			ExtraHeaderPrefixes: []string{"x-remote-extra-"},
+			ClientCA:            "/testClientCAFile",
+			AllowedClientNames:  []string{"kube-aggregator"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	resultConfig := testOptions.ToAuthenticationConfig()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(resultConfig, expectConfig) {
+		t.Errorf("Got AuthenticationConfig: %v, Expected AuthenticationConfig: %v", resultConfig, expectConfig)
+	}
+}