diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/Connection.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/Connection.cs
index f46b051953..f1c0c759e1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/Connection.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/Connection.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Channels;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
     public class Connection
     {
         public string ConnectionId { get; set; }
+        public ClaimsPrincipal User { get; set; }
         public IChannel Channel { get; set; }
         public IDictionary<string, string> Metadata { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/HttpConnectionDispatcher.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/HttpConnectionDispatcher.cs
index f93504bb17..0843a9bc62 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/HttpConnectionDispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/HttpConnectionDispatcher.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
                 {
                     // Get the connection state for the current http context
                     var connectionState = GetOrCreateConnection(context);
+                    connectionState.Connection.User = context.User;
                     connectionState.Connection.Metadata["transport"] = "sse";
                     var sse = new ServerSentEvents(connectionState.Connection);
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
                 {
                     // Get the connection state for the current http context
                     var connectionState = GetOrCreateConnection(context);
+                    connectionState.Connection.User = context.User;
                     connectionState.Connection.Metadata["transport"] = "websockets";
                     var ws = new WebSockets(connectionState.Connection);
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
                     if (isNewConnection)
                     {
                         connectionState.Connection.Metadata["transport"] = "poll";
-
+                        connectionState.Connection.User = context.User;
                         // REVIEW: We should await this task after disposing the connection
                         var ignore = endpoint.OnConnected(connectionState.Connection);
                     }