diff --git a/packages/authentication-oauth/src/express.ts b/packages/authentication-oauth/src/express.ts
index 0825ca37c2..f0265430de 100644
--- a/packages/authentication-oauth/src/express.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication-oauth/src/express.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export default (options: OauthSetupSettings) => {
       const service = app.defaultAuthentication(authService);
       const [ strategy ] = service.getStrategies(name) as OAuthStrategy[];
       const params = {
+        ...req.feathers,
         authStrategies: [ name ],
         authentication: accessToken ? {
           strategy: linkStrategy,
diff --git a/packages/authentication-oauth/test/express.test.ts b/packages/authentication-oauth/test/express.test.ts
index 26c19b3d78..967be8f2f6 100644
--- a/packages/authentication-oauth/test/express.test.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication-oauth/test/express.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('@feathersjs/authentication-oauth/express', () => {
 
     assert.ok(data.accessToken);
     assert.equal(data.user.testId, 'expressTest');
+    assert.equal(data.fromMiddleware, 'testing');
   });
 
   it('oauth/test/authenticate with redirect', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/authentication-oauth/test/fixture.ts b/packages/authentication-oauth/test/fixture.ts
index a10dc540d1..f2731046fc 100644
--- a/packages/authentication-oauth/test/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication-oauth/test/fixture.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,20 @@ export class TestOAuthStrategy extends OAuthStrategy {
     if (!data.id) {
       throw new Error('Data needs an id');
     }
-
+    
     return data;
   }
+
+  async authenticate (data: AuthenticationRequest, params: Params) {
+    const { fromMiddleware } = params;
+    const authResult = await super.authenticate(data, params);
+
+    if (fromMiddleware) {
+      authResult.fromMiddleware = fromMiddleware;
+    }
+
+    return authResult;
+  }
 }
 
 const port = 3000;
@@ -46,6 +57,10 @@ app.set('authentication', {
   }
 });
 
+app.use((req, _res, next) => {
+  req.feathers = { fromMiddleware: 'testing' };
+  next();
+});
 app.use('/authentication', auth);
 app.use('/users', memory());