diff --git a/jstests/auth/auth_options.js b/jstests/auth/auth_options.js
index 70cb53f8e39..2d8944fb534 100644
--- a/jstests/auth/auth_options.js
+++ b/jstests/auth/auth_options.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import {testGetCmdLineOptsMongod} from "jstests/libs/command_line/test_parsed_options.js";
+import {testGetCmdLineOptsMongodFailed} from "jstests/libs/command_line/test_parsed_options.js";
 
 let baseName = "jstests_auth_auth_options";
 
 jsTest.log('Testing "auth" command line option');
 let expectedResult = {"parsed": {"security": {"authorization": "enabled"}}};
-
 testGetCmdLineOptsMongod({auth: ""}, expectedResult);
 
 jsTest.log('Testing "noauth" command line option');
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@ expectedResult = {
 };
 testGetCmdLineOptsMongod({config: "jstests/libs/config_files/disable_noauth.ini"}, expectedResult);
 
+// Test that we exit when authentication is enabled, but no auth mechanisms are set.  See SERVER-7942.
+jsTest.log("Testing authentication enabled, but no auth mechanisms set");
+testGetCmdLineOptsMongodFailed({config: "jstests/libs/config_files/auth_conflict.json"});
+
 print(baseName + " succeeded.");
diff --git a/jstests/libs/config_files/OWNERS.yml b/jstests/libs/config_files/OWNERS.yml
index a4883d90e68..51494a3bea8 100644
--- a/jstests/libs/config_files/OWNERS.yml
+++ b/jstests/libs/config_files/OWNERS.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ filters:
   - "set_profiling*":
     approvers:
       - 10gen/query-integration-observability
+  - "*auth*":
+    approvers:
+      - 10gen/server-security
diff --git a/jstests/libs/config_files/auth_conflict.json b/jstests/libs/config_files/auth_conflict.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ef4f927041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jstests/libs/config_files/auth_conflict.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "security" : {
+        "authorization" : "enabled",
+        "authenticationMechanisms" : [ ],
+    }
+}