diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py
index f353dd8ff0..69b4451b9c 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class EnrollmentTest(ModuleStoreTestCase, APITestCase):
         self.client.logout()
 
         # Try to enroll, this should fail.
-        self._create_enrollment(expected_status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+        self._create_enrollment(expected_status=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED)
 
     def test_user_not_activated(self):
         # Log out the default user, Bob.
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py
index a1f655c5b8..194b1c19dc 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import CourseLocator
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.user_api import api as user_api
 from rest_framework import status
-from rest_framework.authentication import OAuth2Authentication
 from rest_framework import permissions
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.throttling import UserRateThrottle
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from enrollment import api
 from enrollment.errors import CourseNotFoundError, CourseEnrollmentError, CourseModeNotFoundError
 from embargo import api as embargo_api
-from util.authentication import SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
+from util.authentication import SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser, OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
 from util.disable_rate_limit import can_disable_rate_limit
 
 
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class EnrollmentView(APIView):
             * user: The ID of the user.
     """
 
-    authentication_classes = OAuth2Authentication, SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
+    authentication_classes = OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser, SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
     permission_classes = permissions.IsAuthenticated,
     throttle_classes = EnrollmentUserThrottle,
 
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ class EnrollmentListView(APIView):
                 * user: The ID of the user.
     """
 
-    authentication_classes = OAuth2Authentication, SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
+    authentication_classes = OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser, SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
     permission_classes = permissions.IsAuthenticated,
     throttle_classes = EnrollmentUserThrottle,
 
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/authentication.py b/common/djangoapps/util/authentication.py
index 901f3ad6e8..92f46861c4 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/authentication.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/authentication.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """ Common Authentication Handlers used across projects. """
 from rest_framework import authentication
+from rest_framework.exceptions import AuthenticationFailed
+from rest_framework.compat import oauth2_provider, provider_now
 
 
 class SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser(authentication.SessionAuthentication):
@@ -39,10 +41,42 @@ class SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser(authentication.SessionAuthenticatio
         # Unauthenticated, CSRF validation not required
         # This is where regular `SessionAuthentication` checks that the user is active.
         # We have removed that check in this implementation.
-        if not user:
+        # But we added a check to prevent anonymous users since we require a logged-in account.
+        if not user or user.is_anonymous():
             return None
 
         self.enforce_csrf(request)
 
         # CSRF passed with authenticated user
         return (user, None)
+
+
+class OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser(authentication.OAuth2Authentication):
+    """
+    This is a temporary workaround while the is_active field on the user is coupled
+    with whether or not the user has verified ownership of their claimed email address.
+    Once is_active is decoupled from verified_email, we will no longer need this
+    class override.
+
+    But until then, this authentication class ensures that the user is logged in,
+    but does not require that their account "is_active".
+
+    This class can be used for an OAuth2-accessible endpoint that allows users to access
+    that endpoint without having their email verified.  For example, this is used
+    for mobile endpoints.
+
+    """
+    def authenticate_credentials(self, request, access_token):
+        """
+        Authenticate the request, given the access token.
+        Override base class implementation to discard failure if user is inactive.
+        """
+        try:
+            token = oauth2_provider.oauth2.models.AccessToken.objects.select_related('user')
+            # provider_now switches to timezone aware datetime when
+            # the oauth2_provider version supports to it.
+            token = token.get(token=access_token, expires__gt=provider_now())
+        except oauth2_provider.oauth2.models.AccessToken.DoesNotExist:
+            raise AuthenticationFailed('Invalid token')
+
+        return token.user, token
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/tests/test_authentication.py b/common/djangoapps/util/tests/test_authentication.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe9a1dbd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/tests/test_authentication.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+"""Tests for util.authentication module."""
+
+from mock import patch
+from django.conf import settings
+from rest_framework import permissions
+from rest_framework.compat import patterns, url
+from rest_framework.tests import test_authentication
+from provider import scope, constants
+from unittest import skipUnless
+
+from ..authentication import OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
+
+
+class OAuth2AuthAllowInactiveUserDebug(OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser):
+    """
+    A debug class analogous to the OAuth2AuthenticationDebug class that tests
+    the OAuth2 flow with the access token sent in a query param."""
+    allow_query_params_token = True
+
+
+# The following patch overrides the URL patterns for the MockView class used in
+# rest_framework.tests.test_authentication so that the corresponding AllowInactiveUser
+# classes are tested instead.
+@skipUnless(settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_OAUTH2_PROVIDER'), 'OAuth2 not enabled')
+@patch.object(
+    test_authentication,
+    'urlpatterns',
+    patterns(
+        '',
+        url(
+            r'^oauth2-test/$',
+            test_authentication.MockView.as_view(authentication_classes=[OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser])
+        ),
+        url(
+            r'^oauth2-test-debug/$',
+            test_authentication.MockView.as_view(authentication_classes=[OAuth2AuthAllowInactiveUserDebug])
+        ),
+        url(
+            r'^oauth2-with-scope-test/$',
+            test_authentication.MockView.as_view(
+                authentication_classes=[OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser],
+                permission_classes=[permissions.TokenHasReadWriteScope]
+            )
+        )
+    )
+)
+class OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUserTestCase(test_authentication.OAuth2Tests):
+    """
+    Tests the OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser class by running all the existing tests in
+    OAuth2Tests but with the is_active flag on the user set to False.
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUserTestCase, self).setUp()
+
+        # set the user's is_active flag to False.
+        self.user.is_active = False
+        self.user.save()
+
+        # Override the SCOPE_NAME_DICT setting for tests for oauth2-with-scope-test.  This is
+        # needed to support READ and WRITE scopes as they currently aren't supported by the
+        # edx-auth2-provider, and their scope values collide with other scopes defined in the
+        # edx-auth2-provider.
+        scope.SCOPE_NAME_DICT = {'read': constants.READ, 'write': constants.WRITE}
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/utils.py
index cd7720f8a3..7cb71702cd 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/utils.py
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ Common utility methods and decorators for Mobile APIs.
 
 
 import functools
-
 from rest_framework import permissions
-from rest_framework.authentication import OAuth2Authentication, SessionAuthentication
 
+from util.authentication import SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser, OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 from courseware.courses import get_course_with_access
@@ -55,7 +54,10 @@ def mobile_view(is_user=False):
         Requires either OAuth2 or Session-based authentication.
         If is_user is True, also requires username in URL matches the request user.
         """
-        func_or_class.authentication_classes = (OAuth2Authentication, SessionAuthentication)
+        func_or_class.authentication_classes = (
+            OAuth2AuthenticationAllowInactiveUser,
+            SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
+        )
         func_or_class.permission_classes = (permissions.IsAuthenticated,)
         if is_user:
             func_or_class.permission_classes += (IsUser,)
diff --git a/requirements/edx/github.txt b/requirements/edx/github.txt
index 0403cd7254..9011639ece 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/github.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/github.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ git+https://github.com/mitocw/django-cas.git@60a5b8e5a62e63e0d5d224a87f0b489201a
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/opaque-keys.git@1254ed4d615a428591850656f39f26509b86d30a#egg=opaque-keys
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/ease.git@97de68448e5495385ba043d3091f570a699d5b5f#egg=ease
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/i18n-tools.git@193cebd9aa784f8899ef496f2aa050b08eff402b#egg=i18n-tools
--e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-oauth2-provider.git@0.4.0#egg=oauth2-provider
+-e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-oauth2-provider.git@0.4.1#egg=oauth2-provider
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-val.git@9ceddb4944d0a1264b345947bf486340c5774a00#egg=edx-val
 -e git+https://github.com/pmitros/RecommenderXBlock.git@9b07e807c89ba5761827d0387177f71aa57ef056#egg=recommender-xblock
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-milestones.git@547f2250ee49e73ce8d7ff4e78ecf1b049892510#egg=edx-milestones