diff --git a/packages/authentication/src/hooks/authenticate.ts b/packages/authentication/src/hooks/authenticate.ts
index 0f68f2e25d..21650cbc07 100644
--- a/packages/authentication/src/hooks/authenticate.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication/src/hooks/authenticate.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default (originalSettings: string|AuthenticateHookSettings, ...originalSt
 
       const authResult = await authService.authenticate(authentication, authParams, ...strategies);
 
-      context.params = merge({}, params, omit(authResult, 'accessToken'));
+      context.params = merge({}, params, omit(authResult, 'accessToken'), { authenticated: true });
 
       return context;
     } else if (!authentication && provider) {
diff --git a/packages/authentication/test/fixtures.ts b/packages/authentication/test/fixtures.ts
index 8908eface5..40c1991f1e 100644
--- a/packages/authentication/test/fixtures.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication/test/fixtures.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export class Strategy1 extends AuthenticationBaseStrategy {
     user: {
       id: 123,
       name: 'Dave'
-    }
+    },
+    authenticated: true
   };
 
   async authenticate (authentication: AuthenticationRequest) {
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ export class Strategy2 extends AuthenticationBaseStrategy {
     user: {
       name: 'V2',
       version: 2
-    }
+    },
+    authenticated: true
   };
 
   authenticate (authentication: AuthenticationRequest, params: Params) {
diff --git a/packages/authentication/test/jwt.test.ts b/packages/authentication/test/jwt.test.ts
index 569f0b920d..2e2c6b052e 100644
--- a/packages/authentication/test/jwt.test.ts
+++ b/packages/authentication/test/jwt.test.ts
@@ -162,13 +162,14 @@ describe('authentication/jwt', () => {
 
       const result = await app.service('protected').get('test', params);
 
-      assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(result.params).length, 3);
+      assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(result.params).length, 4);
       assert.ok(!result.params.accessToken, 'Did not merge accessToken');
       assert.deepStrictEqual(result, {
         id: 'test',
         params: merge({}, params, {
           user,
-          authentication: { payload }
+          authentication: { payload },
+          authenticated: true
         })
       });
     });
@@ -186,12 +187,13 @@ describe('authentication/jwt', () => {
 
       const result = await app.service('protected').get('test', params);
 
-      assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(result.params).length, 2);
+      assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(result.params).length, 3);
       assert.ok(!result.params.accessToken, 'Did not merge accessToken');
       assert.deepStrictEqual(result, {
         id: 'test',
         params: merge({}, params, {
-          authentication: { payload }
+          authentication: { payload },
+          authenticated: true
         })
       });
     });