diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-mysql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/mysql/MySQLAuthenticationProvider.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-mysql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/mysql/MySQLAuthenticationProvider.java
index fa328c4cd..122e18ef6 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-mysql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/mysql/MySQLAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-mysql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/mysql/MySQLAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -179,4 +179,13 @@ public class MySQLAuthenticationProvider implements AuthenticationProvider {
         );
     } // end of constructor
 
+    @Override
+    public UserContext updateUserContext(UserContext context,
+        Credentials credentials) throws GuacamoleException {
+
+        // No need to update the context
+        return context;
+
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticationProvider.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticationProvider.java
index 7fd72829c..794a107ef 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -62,4 +62,25 @@ public interface AuthenticationProvider {
     UserContext getUserContext(Credentials credentials)
             throws GuacamoleException;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new or updated UserContext for the user authorized by the
+     * give credentials and having the given existing UserContext. Note that
+     * because this function will be called for all future requests after
+     * initial authentication, including tunnel requests, care must be taken
+     * to avoid using functions of HttpServletRequest which invalidate the
+     * entire request body, such as getParameter().
+     * 
+     * @param context The existing UserContext belonging to the user in
+     *                question.
+     * @param credentials The credentials to use to retrieve or update the
+     *                    environment.
+     * @return The updated UserContext, which need not be the same as the
+     *         UserContext given, or null if the user is no longer authorized.
+     *         
+     * @throws GuacamoleException If an error occurs while updating the
+     *                            UserContext.
+     */
+    UserContext updateUserContext(UserContext context, Credentials credentials)
+            throws GuacamoleException;
+    
 }
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/simple/SimpleAuthenticationProvider.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/simple/SimpleAuthenticationProvider.java
index ebd9ed331..3be2c374f 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/simple/SimpleAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/auth/simple/SimpleAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -97,4 +97,13 @@ public abstract class SimpleAuthenticationProvider
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public UserContext updateUserContext(UserContext context,
+        Credentials credentials) throws GuacamoleException {
+
+        // Simply return the given context, updating nothing
+        return context;
+        
+    }
+
 }