diff --git a/src/metabase/api/routes.clj b/src/metabase/api/routes.clj
index 6666faff0d948f8a0d68644c8cd15cffd968d5c0..20b4821417e8ddccefe4ff4ecbd1d2ff635080da 100644
--- a/src/metabase/api/routes.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/api/routes.clj
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   (context "/email"                [] (+auth email/routes))
   (context "/embed"                [] (+message-only-exceptions embed/routes))
   (context "/field"                [] (+auth field/routes))
-  (context "/geojson"              [] (+auth geojson/routes))
+  (context "/geojson"              [] geojson/routes)
   (context "/ldap"                 [] (+auth ldap/routes))
   (context "/metric"               [] (+auth metric/routes))
   (context "/notify"               [] (+apikey notify/routes))
diff --git a/test/metabase/api/geojson_test.clj b/test/metabase/api/geojson_test.clj
index 28d5f2af98ade11545ee2ac3aa711b5bf92ceccf..d7ae0dbfce46f521e1dd4f9321ab63aa474e7222 100644
--- a/test/metabase/api/geojson_test.clj
+++ b/test/metabase/api/geojson_test.clj
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 (ns metabase.api.geojson-test
   (:require [expectations :refer [expect]]
+            [metabase
+             [http-client :as client]
+             [util :as u]]
             [metabase.api.geojson :as geojson-api]
             [metabase.test.data.users :refer [user->client]]
             [metabase.test.util :as tu]
             [metabase.test.util.log :as tu.log]
-            [metabase.util :as u]
             [schema.core :as s]))
 
 (def ^:private ^String test-geojson-url
@@ -104,6 +106,13 @@
   (tu/with-temporary-setting-values [custom-geojson test-custom-geojson]
     ((user->client :rasta) :get 200 "geojson/middle-earth")))
 
+;; should be able to fetch the GeoJSON even if you aren't logged in
+(expect
+  {:type        "Point"
+   :coordinates [37.77986 -122.429]}
+  (tu/with-temporary-setting-values [custom-geojson test-custom-geojson]
+    (client/client :get 200 "geojson/middle-earth")))
+
 ;; try fetching an invalid key; should fail
 (expect
   "Invalid custom GeoJSON key: invalid-key"