diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCAuthenticationProviderService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCAuthenticationProviderService.java
index 68e2a4774..ff605b984 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCAuthenticationProviderService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCAuthenticationProviderService.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public class JDBCAuthenticationProviderService implements AuthenticationProvider
 
         // Retrieve user account for already-authenticated user
         ModeledUser user = userService.retrieveUser(authenticationProvider, authenticatedUser);
+        ModeledUserContext context = userContextProvider.get();
         if (user != null && !user.isDisabled()) {
 
             // Enforce applicable account restrictions
@@ -118,24 +119,23 @@ public class JDBCAuthenticationProviderService implements AuthenticationProvider
                     userService.resetExpiredPassword(user, authenticatedUser.getCredentials());
             }
 
-            // Return all data associated with the authenticated user
-            ModeledUserContext context = userContextProvider.get();
-            context.init(user.getCurrentUser());
-            return context;
-
+        }
+        
+        // If no user account is found, and database-specific account
+        // restrictions do not apply, get an empty user.
+        else if (!databaseRestrictionsApplicable) {
+            user = userService.retrieveSkeletonUser(authenticationProvider, authenticatedUser);
         }
 
         // Veto authentication result only if database-specific account
         // restrictions apply in this situation
-        if (databaseRestrictionsApplicable)
+        else
             throw new GuacamoleInvalidCredentialsException("Invalid login",
                     CredentialsInfo.USERNAME_PASSWORD);
-
-        // There is no data to be returned for the user, either because they do
-        // not exist or because restrictions prevent their data from being
-        // retrieved, but no restrictions apply which should prevent the user
-        // from authenticating entirely
-        return null;
+        
+        // Initialize the UserContext with the user account and return it.
+        context.init(user.getCurrentUser());
+        return context;
 
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserModel.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserModel.java
index 194a26d4c..3d441d638 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserModel.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserModel.java
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ public class UserModel extends EntityModel {
     public UserModel() {
         super(EntityType.USER);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates a new user having the provided identifier.
+     * 
+     * @param identifier
+     *     The identifier of the new user.
+     */
+    public UserModel(String identifier) {
+        super(EntityType.USER);
+        super.setIdentifier(identifier);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the hash of this user's password and password salt. This may be
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java
index 60bd1e146..0cfe90067 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/UserService.java
@@ -423,6 +423,43 @@ public class UserService extends ModeledDirectoryObjectService<ModeledUser, User
         return user;
 
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Generates an empty (skeleton) user corresponding to the given
+     * AuthenticatedUser.  The user will not be stored in the database, and
+     * will only be available in-memory during the time the session is
+     * active.
+     * 
+     * @param authenticationProvider
+     *     The AuthenticationProvider on behalf of which the user is being
+     *     retrieved.
+     *
+     * @param authenticatedUser
+     *     The AuthenticatedUser to generate the skeleton account for.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *     The empty ModeledUser which corresponds to the given
+     *     AuthenticatedUser.
+     *
+     * @throws GuacamoleException
+     *     If a ModeledUser object for the user corresponding to the given
+     *     AuthenticatedUser cannot be created.
+     */
+    public ModeledUser retrieveSkeletonUser(AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider,
+            AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser) throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // Set up an empty user model
+        ModeledUser user = getObjectInstance(null,
+                new UserModel(authenticatedUser.getIdentifier()));
+        
+        // Create user object, and configure cyclic reference
+        user.setCurrentUser(new ModeledAuthenticatedUser(authenticatedUser,
+                authenticationProvider, user));
+        
+        // Return the new user.
+        return user;
+        
+    }
 
     /**
      * Resets the password of the given user to the new password specified via