diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticatedUser.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticatedUser.java
index 514e65a52..b121abff4 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ package org.apache.guacamole.net.auth;
  */
 public interface AuthenticatedUser extends Identifiable {
 
+    /**
+     * The identifier reserved for representing a user that has authenticated
+     * anonymously.
+     */
+    public static final String ANONYMOUS_IDENTIFIER = "";
+
     /**
      * Returns the AuthenticationProvider that authenticated this user.
      *
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/auth/service/authenticationService.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/auth/service/authenticationService.js
index 2bd6a9f9c..339a3e1cf 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/auth/service/authenticationService.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/auth/service/authenticationService.js
@@ -256,6 +256,19 @@ angular.module('auth').factory('authenticationService', ['$injector',
 
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the current user has authenticated anonymously. An
+     * anonymous user is denoted by the identifier reserved by the Guacamole
+     * extension API for anonymous users (the empty string).
+     *
+     * @returns {Boolean}
+     *     true if the current user has authenticated anonymously, false
+     *     otherwise.
+     */
+    service.isAnonymous = function isAnonymous() {
+        return service.getCurrentUsername() === '';
+    };
+
     /**
      * Returns the username of the current user. If the current user is not
      * logged in, this value may not be valid.